Backyard Orchard News
No Sweat Being Green
Beekeepers describe their honey bees as "my girls" or "my beautiful girls." It's a term of...
Male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the metallic green head and thorax of a male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spotted cucumber beetle (a pest) and male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, sharing a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Blue Can It Be?
How blue can it be? We spotted a metallic blue bug, one of nature's most amazing colors, last...
Close-up of a bordered plant bug, family Largidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bordered plant bug, family Largidae, crawling on a Euphorbia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Honor Well Deserved
Sometimes you'll see him sitting cross-legged on the floor, circled by first graders. They're...
Bohart senior museum scientist Steve Heydon with Chancellor Linda Katehi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Madagascar hissing cockroaches are a favorite of Bohart Museum visitors, and senior museum scientist Steve Heydon is eager to talk about them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Home Sweet Home
It's good to see county and state fairs focusing on bugs 'n bees. These displays inform, educate...
Elisa Seppa (left), superintendent of McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair and assistant superintendent Gloria Gonzalez work on a skep display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
McCormack Hall assistant Deborah Miller of Vallejo just finished installing this display, which includes colorful ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Turning a Page in Entomological History
It was great to see Robert E. Page Jr., emeritus professor and former chair of the UC Davis...
Bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk of UC Davis manages the Robert Page specialized genetic stock. These bee hives were in a Dixon almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)