Posts Tagged: UC Davis
Household Vampires Want Your Blood
What do you think of when someone mentions "household vampires?" Fleas? Ticks? Bed bugs?...
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The Legendary Robbin Thorp: A Tribute Well Deserved
When UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal created a video tribute honoring the UC...
The legendary Robbin Thorp in front of an almond tree on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee-Hold: the Feral Bee Colony on UC Davis Campus
Back in July 2023, we wrote a Bug Squad blog about a feral bee colony inside a cavity of a sycamore...
Close-up of a feral bee colony living a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. Image taken Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A wide-angle view of the feral bee colony that is living in a sycamore tree cavity on the UC Davis campus. Image taken Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the hot-weather scene in July 2023 when bees bearded outside their home in a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrating the Honey Bee on Labor Day
It's Labor Day but "The Girls" continue to work. "The Girls" are the honey bees, a great example...
A honey bee, packing a load of orange pollen, buzzes over a red zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Magic of a Mural
The magic of a mural! It was quite a celebration during the unveiling of a UC Davis ceramic-mosaic...
Posing for a celebratory photo are five mural participants with Chancellor Gary May and UC Davis distinguished professor Diane Ullman. From left are Kerry Lin, Sierra Deaver, Alia Tu, Chancellor May, Zoe Meilandt, Lily Nugent and Professor Ullman. (Photo courtesy of Jael Mackendorf, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)