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Surprising Research Results: What the Microbes in Nectar Revealed

It's surprising what the microbes in nectar can reveal. Take the nectar of the sticky...

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Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 5:03 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anna''s hummingbird (1), bumble bees (27), Ecology Letters (1), microbes (1), nectar (1), Rachel Vannette (1), Stanford University (1), sticky monkeyflower (1), Tadashi Fukami (1), UC Davis (1)

Well, Hello, Bumble Bee...

What are the odds? Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of...

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Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 5:50 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Allan Jones (3), Bombus melanopygus (4), bumble bees (27), Robbin Thorp (13), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1)

How Do You Weigh a Bumble Bee? Ask UC Davis Entomologists and Engineers

A bumble bee news story released today by Andy Fell of UC Davis News and Media Relations is a great...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 4:39 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee scale (1), Bombus vosnesenskii (8), bumble bees (27), floral resources (1), Neal Williams (2), UC Davis engineering (1), UC Davis entomology (1)

Why This Bumble Bee Is a Treasure

It's so blond that all you can say is "Wow!" It's sort of like the Reese Witherspoon of bumble...

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Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 5:59 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vandykei (1), bumble bees (27), Bumble Bees of North America (1), Owen Wilson (1), Reese Witherspoon (1), Robbin Thorp (13)

Celebrating the Honey Bees and Earth Day

Doom or gloom? Boom or bloom? Today is Earth Day, and millions of folks around the world...

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Posted on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 6:18 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bumble bees (27), carpenter bees (1), Earth Day (1), Echium wildpretii (1), honey bees (3), sweat bees (2), tower of jewels (2)

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