Posts Tagged: Davis
Research Entomologist to Discuss Enemy of Lettuce: Thrips

They're small, about 1 mm long or less, with characteristic fringed wings. They fly, but not...
Thrips is a major pest of lettuce production in Salinas. (Illustration courtesy of Daniel Hasegawa)
Why Bumble Bee Expert Robbin Thorp Would Have Been Proud

Robbin Thorp would have been proud of what happened on Thursday, Jan. 14. When the UC...
This manzanita plant at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, near Old Davis Road, is where UC Davis postdoctoral researcher Charlie Nicholson captured an image of the first bumble bee of the year. (Photo by Charlie Nicholson)
In this 2015 Bee Course class photo, Charlie Nicholson (top, far left) holds the sign. In the second row, far left, is co-instructor Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology. Nicholson is the winner of the inaugural Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, sponsored by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo courtesy of The Bee Course)
The Bee Course instructors in 2013 included (from left) Laurence Packer, York University, Toronto; Terry Griswold, USDA Bee Lab, Logan, Utah; Steve Buchmann, Tucson, Ariz.; Robbin Thorp, UC Davis, John Ascher, University of Singapore; Jim Cane, USDA Bee Lab, Logan, Utah; and Eli Wyman, American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. Not pictured course leader Jerome Rozen, American Museum of Natural History. (Photo courtesy of The Bee Course)
Highly Successful UC Davis COVID-19 Symposium Is Now Online

If you missed the recent UC Davis COVID-19 Symposium on saliva and sewage tests, plus vaccines, not...
Screen shot of the UC Davis COVID-19 symposium. It's online on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Paq0ka3NIP0
Nam Tran of the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, discusses COVID-19 tests.
UC Davis undergraduate student Eva Pak asks a question at the UC Davis COVID-19 symposium.
UC Davis undergraduate student Sudev Namboodiri asks a question at the UC Davis COVID-19 Symposium.
Vaccine specialist Dr. Stuart Cohen of UC Davis Health responding to questions.
A Delight to See in January: A Bombus in Benicia

They're out there! Yes, after a l-o-n-g, cold, hard winter, bumble bees are emerging. At least in...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads for oxalis blossoms in Benicia on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, on oxalis in Benicia. Note the orange pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bombus vosnesenskii, caught in flight, targets oxalis in Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee buzzes toward the foraging bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Symposium: Do You Have Questions on COVID-19 Tests and Vaccines?

(Note: UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal focuses his research on the...
The UC Davis Symposium on COVID-19 tests and vaccines will take place at 5 p.m., Jan. 13.
Screen shot of the third UC Davis Symposium on COVID-19. Organizer-moderator is pictured at top right.