Backyard Orchard News
Getting the Drift
It's exciting to see a son follow in the footsteps of his father: soon there will be more than one...
Bruce Graham Hammock at the Observation Basin in Kings Canyon National Park, a large fishless basin where much of his research occurred.
Thanks Be to the Squash Bee
If you’re having pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin pie today (Thanksgiving), you...
Squash bee inside pumpkin blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the tiny squash bee, genus Peponapis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These are the work of a squash bee: from left, a large gourd, a small pumpkin and a large pumpkin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Insect Connection
The UC Davis news circulating around the world about a horse’s remarkable recovery from...
BEFORE: Hulahalla, a three-year-old thoroughbred filly with acute laminitis in both front feet. She refused to stand up. (Photo courtesy of Alonso Guedes)
AFTER: When given the compound, Hulahalla was up within three hours. (Photo courtesy of Alonso Guedes)
Amazing Project
This research project looks very promising. A ripple effect, if you will... UC Davis...
Navel orangeworms lay their eggs in almonds, pistachios and walnuts, with the resulting caterpillars (larvae) causing major damage. This is an adult on a pistachio. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let's Hear It for 'The Buzz'
It's such a joy to see little kids fascinated with bugs. The UC Davis-based Bohart Museum of...
Leia Matern (far left) shows Vivienne Statham (center) and Tilly Matern the honey bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two 18-month-old girls checking out the bees: Tilly Matern (left) and Vivienne Statham (right). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Queen bee with a red dot on her thorax. She is cared by by worker bees (infertile females). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)