Backyard Orchard News
UC Davis Bee Garden to Mark National Pollinator Week
It's almost time to celebrate! Or cele-bee-ate! In observation of National Pollinator Week, the UC...
A bee colony is one of the features in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, west of the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Miss Beehaven, a six-long mosaic sculpture of a worker bee, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Davis artist Donna Billick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A worker bee pushes a drone out of the hive. The drone will be airborne shortly to find and mate with a virgin queen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Right Color, Wrong Species
You never know what you'll see in your pollinator garden. That's why it's always a good idea to...
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly checking out a red flameskimmer dragonfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Closer and closer. The Gulf Frit heads straight for the flameskimmer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oops! You're not a prospective mate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Smell Like a Bee
Newly published research by a Michigan State University-led team indicates that one of the reasons...
Questions about the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor), enemies of honey bees, are often asked at the Linnaean Games. This varroa is on a drone pupa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)Mite on drone pupa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A varroa mite is visible on this forager. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congratulations, Rei!
Let's hear it for Rei! Margaret “Rei” Scampavia, a doctoral candidate who studies with...
Rei Scampavia with her first-place research poster, “Farming Practices Affect Nest Site Selection of Native Ground Nesting Bees." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Does Sneezeweed Make You Sneeze?
Does sneezeweed make you sneeze? Over at the UC Davis Arboretum GATEway Garden. off First...
A female long-horned bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, forages on sneezeweed, genus Helenium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a female long-horned bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, on sneezeweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)