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Tobacco Budworm Vs. Honey Bee
Please, please, forget to eat our forget-me-nots! But it's not going to happen. So here we...
A tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, munching on Chinese forget-me-nots in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee arrives and wants the same flower that the tobacco budworm is munching on. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a "no go" for sharing. The honey bee opts for a different blossom as the tobacco budworm continues munching. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee tries to push her way in but the tobacco budworm refuses to budge. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Who Deliberately Runs Over Bee Hives?
Sometimes you hear about bored teenagers trashing bee hives by deliberately throwing rocks at...
Remnants of the 40 bee colonies destroyed when a truck driver, under cover of darkness, deliberately drove over them last week in Winters. They belonged to Caroline Yelle, owner of Pope Valley Queens.
An image of Caroline Yelle, owner of Pope Valley Queens, prior to her two major losses: a wildfire in August of 2020, and major felony vandalism in June 2023.
Professor Irene Newton: Inside the Honey Bee Gut
"The honey bee gut is home to varied and diverse bacterial species," says Professor Irene...
A honey bee in flight, heading for a Phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on Phacelia, a popular bee plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Pages Launches YouTube Channel: Fascinating World of Bees
If you're interested in bees--as a scientist, beekeeper or just as an enthusiast--you'll want to...
Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. examining a swarm.
Squirrel Vs. Bees: Sorry, No Vacancy!
Call it “The Battle Over a Tree Hollow." Feral bees have occupied—and...
Look closely and you can see a squirrel occupying a small hollow or cavity in a sycamore tree. The cavity has been home to feral bees for at least two decades. (Image taken in Vacaville by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's all that noise about? Can't a squirrel get some sleep? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The squirrel pokes his head out of his home, his sleepy hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Occupied! No vacancy! The squirrel is aware that bees are circling, trying to move into "his" hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With the squirrel gone, honey bees quickly move into the hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
