Backyard Orchard News
Tackling a Massive Killer
It's good to see that the UC Davis campus will host its sixth annual World Malaria Day...
Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)
UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel collecting mosquitoes. (Photo by Rory McAbee)
Bumble Bees Are Back!
The yellow-faced bumble bees are back!And amid the throes of winter and the promise of spring.On a...
Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on the Pride of Maderia at Bodega Bay on Feb. 27. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Covered in pollen, a yellow-faced bumble bee forages on a seaside daisy at Bodega Bay on June 10, 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Many Hives for Almond Pollination?
We've been watching the almonds budding and blossoming since late January. They're in full bloom...
Honey bee working an almond blossom on the grounds of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almond orchard on Pitt School Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Case of Identity Theft
Just call it a case of identity theft at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.But wait! Before you ask...
Where's the walking stick? It's the top "twig" in the background. This is a female. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollinator!
When you see the blow fly (below), what do you think?Well, that depends on who you are and what you...
Blow fly on a New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blow fly gathering nectar from New Zealand tea tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)