Posts Tagged: UC Davis
Mark Your Calendars! UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is Feb. 18
Mark your calendars! The 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, billed as "A Day...
Nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, answers questions at the 2021 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors gather at the UC Davis Anthropology Museum to learn about the displays. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A youngster gets acquainted with a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors learn "What is an herbarium?" at the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ask me anything about yeast cultures! Kyria Boundy-Mills is the curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. She maintains the collection, distributes strains to researchers on campus and around the world, and performs research that builds and/or taps the collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ever Seen a Rain Beetle?
Ever seen a rain beetle? During these winter rainstorms, keep your eye out for the rain...
Rain beetles collected in the Shenandoah Valley of Plymouth, Amador County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The rain beetle: females are flightless, while males can fly only a couple of hours before they die. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
When Honey Is Not Honey
"Bee-free honey?" What? It's interesting that a company based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has...
A honey bee sips honey from a plastic spoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey! Look What UC Davis Is Offering in the Way of Mead and Honey Classes
One of my fondest memories of my beekeeper father: Mixing warm butter and golden honey and spooning...
A honey bee gathers nectar and pollen from a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honeycomb from a productive bee colony as soon through the glass of an observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, examines a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Center on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Incredible Art Show Showcasing UC Davis Students and Insects
What an incredible art show that two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty...
"Hope Despite Darkness"--This intricate bumble bee art is the work of UC Davis student Cameron Dillon. (Photo by Jenella Loye)
This beautiful work by UC Davis student Elizabeth Liu is called simply "Fall." (Photo by Jenella Loye)
UC Davis student Christian Dunston titled his work, "The Mighty Weevil." (Photo by Jenella Loye)
UC Davis student Kathryn Sandberg created "Little Big Bug." (Photo by Jenella Loye)
This display of art, "Insects in the Anthropocene," greeted guests at the recent art show in the Labudio (lab+studio) of the UC Davis Environmental Horticulture Building. (Photo by Diane Ullman)
The UC Davis students of instructor Emily Meineke (assisted by UC Davis distinguished professor Diane Ullman), display their work exhibited in the art show, "Insects in the Anthropocene." (Photo by Diane Ullman)