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A B-Day Celebration for Robbin Thorp at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, serves dessert at Robbin Thorp's birthday celebration while the distinguished emeritus professor reads the birthday wishes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was "b-day" today at The Bohart Museum of Entomology in honor of longtime Bohart associate...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (15), bumble bees (16), Charlotte Herbert Alberts (1), Entomological Society of America (1), Franklin''s bumble bees (1), Robbin Thorp (224), Tabatha Yang (5), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (17)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Innovation Natural Resources Yard & Garden

What's Not to Love About 'Boys' Night Out'?

Longhorned bees--Melissodes (possibly M. robustior) slumbering on a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

We look forward to "The Boys' Night Out." Ah, pillow fights, popcorn, and marathon movies on TV,...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 4:41 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Boys'' Night Out (1), California Bees and Blooms (13), Gordon Frankie (21), Melissodes (1), Mexican sunflower (4), native bees (9), Robbin Thorp (224), sleeping (1), slumbering (1), Tithonia (6)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Up Close and Personal with a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes they barely notice you. Such was the case of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus...

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Posted on Friday, August 3, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (18), Bumble bees (16), Mexican sunflower (4), Robbin Thorp (224), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (17), yellow-faced bumble bee (14)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Sorry, This Blossom Is Taken

A male Svastra dive-bombs another male on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). This image was taken with a fast shutter speed of 1/3200 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So here's this male longhorned bee (Svastra) sipping a little nectar from a Mexican sunflower...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1), dive-bombing (1), Kathy Keatley Garvey (1), longhorned bees (2), Mexican sunflower (4), pollinator garden (2), Robbin Thorp (224), Svastra bee (1), Tithonia (6), UC ANR (3), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (17)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources Yard & Garden

National Pollinator Week: Visit the UC Davis Bee Garden

A honey bee and bumble bee share a coneflower in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. This is a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Let's celebrate National Pollinator Week. And what better time for the UC Davis Department of...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Christine Casey (3), Donna Billick (5), Elina Lastro Niño (1), Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (4), Robbin Thorp (224), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (17)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Family Innovation Yard & Garden

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