Bug Squad

A daily (M-F) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008 and about the wonderful world of insects and those who study them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee buzzing in a patch of catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

2020: The COVID Chase

December 24, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
In the year 2020, COVID chased us out of our work places and out of our fun places. So we dutifully covered our faces to cover all the bases, washed our hands to meet all the demands, and kept our distance to continue our existence. But wait...we did NOT socially distance from the insects.
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Lynn Kimsey (left), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, shows Richard and Evelyne Rominger a display at the Bohart Museum on UC Davis Picnic Day, April 17, 2015. The Romingers are both UC Davis alumni. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Late Richard Rominger: An Agricultural Icon

December 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We were saddened to learn of the passing Sunday, Dec. 20, of agricultural icon Richard "Rich" Rominger, 93, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the President Bill Clinton administration, and former Secretary of the California Department of Agriculture in the Gov.
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Are beekeepers immune from COVID infections? No, according to newly published research in the journal Toxicon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beekeepers and the COVID-19 Virus

December 22, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Are beekeepers immune from COVID-19 infections? Newly published research in the journal Toxicon indicates "No, they're not.
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"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 5 golden bees." This is a cordovan bee; an image taken in a Vacaville, Calif., pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The 13 Bugs of Christmas, Revisited

December 20, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's time to revisit the "Thirteen Bugs of Christmas!" Back in 2010, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus) and yours truly of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology) decided that "The 12 Days of Christmas" ought to be replaced with insects.
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