Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
The Buzz Behind the UC Davis Bumble Bee Contest
The Bohart Museum of Entomology generated a lot of buzz when it sponsored its second annual...
This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.
Game On! Find and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year
Game on! If you're thinking about taking a walk in Yolo or Solano counties to celebrate the new...
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cockroaches for Dessert? Ummm...
Cockroaches for dessert? Yes. Tune into the latest UC Davis Unfold Podcast by journalists Amy...
This is the species of cockroach that Lynn Kimsey ate in Panama when the host served oatmeal and raisin cookies. Hers was an oatmeal raisin/roach cookie. "It had legs!" (Wikipedia photo by Gary Alpert, a colleague of Kimsey's)
Why Folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Are Smiling--And So Very Grateful
If the folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis are smiling even more than usual,...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology surpassed its goal of $5000 and gratefully received $6000. (Screen shot)
A map on the UC Davis CrowdFund wall shows where the donors to the Bohart Museum of Entomology are located. The drive is now over but the map and donors are at https://bit.ly/3v4MoaJ. (Screen shot)
Treasured Comments About Insects: Can We Hear a Collective 'Sigh?'
It's a given: entomologists collect insects. So what do entomology professors collect? Well, if...
A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perched in Vacaville, Calif. One of Professor Kimsey's students commented on their "superior haunting skills."(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Comments about honey bees often find their way into Lynn Kimsey's treasured sentence collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)