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Hey, Honey Bee, I'll Race You to the Flowers!

Hey, honey bee, I'll race you to the flowers. Okay, but you'll lose. I can go faster. Watch...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Comments: 3

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Apis mellifera (1), Bombus melanopygus (5), bumble bee (24), Bumble Bees of North America (1), California Bees and Blooms (1), honey bee (7), Robbin Thorp (10)

The First Bumble Bee of the Year!

Remember that recently concluded contest to find the first butterfly of the year? Arthur Shapiro,...

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Posted on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 3:43 PM

Comments: 2

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Allan Jones (2), Art Shapiro (1), Bombus melanopygus (5), bumble bee (24), Gary Zamzow (1), manzanita (1), Robbin Thorp (10), UC Davis (1)

Robbin Thorp: Chasing Franklin's Bumble Bee

It may be extinct, but don't say the "E" word to Robbin Thorp. Thorp, a noted bumble bee expert,...

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Posted on Monday, December 12, 2016 at 5:33 PM

Comments: 0

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus franklini (1), bumble bee (24), Franklin''s bumble bee (1), Robbin Thorp (10), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (2)

When Varroa Mites Hitch a Ride

Those blood-sucking varroa mites (Varroa destructor) are considered the No. 1 enemy of beekeepers....

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Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:40 PM

Comments: 2

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Allan Jones (2), bumble bee (24), carpenter bee (1), Eric Mussen (1), honey bee (7), Robbin Thorp (10), Varroa destructor (1), varroa mite (1)

The Story Behind This Bumble Bee Pollen Load

What a treat to find not one--but five yellow-faced bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on a...

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Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 5:11 PM

Comments: 3

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (7), bumble bee (24), pollen mix (1), pollinator specialist (1), Robbin Thorp (10), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (2), yellow-faced bumble bee (3)

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