Posts Tagged: James Carey

How Honey Bees Make Collective Decisions

Like to know more about honey bees make collective decisions?Mark your calendar to attend a seminar...

Brian Johnson in front of his bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brian Johnson in front of his bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brian Johnson checks out a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brian Johnson checks out a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Good, the Bad and the Bugly

"The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly." That's one of the topics at the next meeting of the Northern...

Robbin Thorp

NATIVE POLLINATOR SPECIALIST Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, will discuss "Native Bees as Pollinators" at the Nor Cal Entomology Society meeting. On his screen is a photo he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Medfly

THE MEDFLY, aka Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), will be in the spotlight at the Nor Cal Entomology Society. (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)

The Predator and the Prey

If you've ever wondered about the relationship between predator biodiversity and herbivore...

James Harwood

GRADUATE STUDENTS James Harwood (shown) and Amy Morice, who study with major professor James Carey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, devote their lunch hours to Webcasting the departmental seminars. Here Harwood readies the equipment prior to a seminar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Medfly and Moth Wars

James R. Carey is used to dissent. The entomology professor at the University of California,...

James Carey

UC DAVIS ENTOMOLOGIST James Carey believes that the light brown apple moth has long been established in California and cannot be eradicated. He is featured in the Jan. 8 edition of Science Magazine in a NewsFocus piece headlined "From Medfly to Moth: Raising a Buzz of Dissent." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Light Brown Apple Moth

LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH (adult shown) is a native of Australia. Its larvae have voracious appetites and feed on more than 2000 plant species. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)

When Seminars Become Webinars

Like to know more about the biocontrol of tea pests? Aging of insects? What honey bee research is...

Madoka Nakai

FIRST SPEAKER--Biological control scientist Madoka Nakai, associate professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, will discuss biocontrol of tea pests in her talk, “A Novel Protein from Lepidopteran Virus Killing Endoparasitoid and Viral Control for Tea Pests in Japan,” at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 7 in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. The lecture will be Webcast.

Honey Bee

HONEY BEE RESEARCH will be one of the topics at the UC Davis Department of Entomology's fall seminars. On Oct. 28, insect virus researcher Michelle Flenniken, Haagen-Dazs Postdoctoral Fellow, will speak on “Microarray-Based Pathogen Detection and the Antiviral Role of RNA Interference in Honey Bees.” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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