Posts Tagged: UC Davis
Ready for the International Pollinator Conference at UC Davis?

There's still plenty of time to register for the seventh annual International Pollinator...
A male longhorned bee,Melissodes, on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Of Presidents and Monarchs

Happy Presidents' Day. It's day we honor not only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but all...
A monarch on the American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee There! Registration for International Pollnation Conference at UC Davis Now Open

It's official. Registration for the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, billed...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera, share a purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A leafcutter bee, Megachile, forages on a rock purslane, Calandrinia grandiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scientists Reveal New Method to Characterize Physiological Responses to Parasitism

Have you ever seen a wasp oviposit or lay its eggs inside a caterpillar? Or the egg of a moth? it's...
A parasitic wasp, Microplitis demolitor, laying an egg (ovipositing) in larva of soybean looper moth. (Photo by Jena Johnson of the Michael Strand lab, University of Georgia)
Insect Apocalypse: Where Have All the Insects Gone?

"Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago...
Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, walks along one of his study areas, Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. This image was taken Jan. 25, 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)