Posts Tagged: Neal Williams
Pollination Ecologist Neal Williams: The Importance of Native Bees
Did you know that California is home to more than 1600 species of undomesticated bees—most of...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Check Out the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival
What a line-up! Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, has...
Pollination ecologist and professor Neal Williams, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Native Bees and their Conservation"at 10:30 a.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cooperative Extension apiculturist/associate professor Elina Lastro Niño of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will cover "What Our Bee Research Is Teaching Us" in her talk at 2 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will discuss "So, You Want to Be a Beekeeper?" at 1 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage, California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seed Pile Project: It's Not Too Late to Register
If you haven't signed up for the Seed Pile Project, it's not too late. Those who live...
A honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy, the state flower. The Seed Pile Project includes golden poppy seeds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is native to the Americas. Sunflower seeds are part of the Seed Pile Project for the Sacramento region, but not the East Bay Region. This image, taken in a commercial field in Yolo County in 2013, shows a male sterile cultivated variety, according to Yolo County farm advisor Rachael Long. "They are typically multi-branched with multiple flowers," she said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Exit Seminar on Oct. 18: Clara Stuligross, Ph.D., Is Passionate About Wild Bees
Clara Stuligross is passionate about wild bees, and you should be, too. Stuligross, who...
A blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, heads toward Phalacia. (Photo by Clara Stuligross)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads toward a California golden poppy. Both are natives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citizen Scientists Invited to Join the Seed Pile Project
Want to join the 2022-23 Seed Pile Project, a community science initiative by Miridae Living Labs...
A honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy, the state flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)