Backyard Orchard News
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)
Can You Keep a Secret?
Can you keep a secret? The secret world of insects? And unleash the secret of soapberry...
UC Davis student Kelly Aoyama works on a painting that will be displayed June 3 at a public art exhibit in Davis. (Photo by Diane Ullman)
These are soapberry bugs photographed near the Ruth Risdon Storer Gardens, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)