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)

Handing Over the Bees!

September 29, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Beekeepers circled biologist Randy Oliver, commercial beekeeper, scientist, writer and educator, as he held court in the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California,Davis.
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You Gotta Love Those Praying Mantids!

September 27, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You gotta love those praying mantids! An orchid mantis and a ghost mantis fascinated visitors at the recent open house hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
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Bohart Museum Open House: To Pin a Butterfly...

September 26, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
To pin a butterfly specimen... Visitors at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday, Sept. 24 learned how to pin and spread butterflies and moths from entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the museum's Lepidoptera collection. The three-hour open house, held from 1 to 4 p.m.
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'Bee Man' Norm Gary: Still Smokin'

September 25, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's not every beekeeper who can say they've owned--and used--a smoker for 70 years. "Bee Man" Norman Gary can. And he displayed it at the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual conference, held recently at UC Davis.
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