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)
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Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen being stung by a bee in an unexpected encounter at the Harry H. Laidalw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bee Sting Felt Around the World

December 20, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Chris saw it first. This morning Chris Mussen of Davis contacted his father, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and told him that the photo of him being stung by a honey bee made the Sacramento Bee's list of top 15 2012 stories.
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Beneath these weather-protective tarps: bee-box pillars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Unwrapped!

December 18, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
For more than a week, tarps protected the art from the elements. The artists would work on the installation daily, then stop and cover the art, resuming only when weather permitted.
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Entomologist Jeff Smith, associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, talks about a rose-haired tarantula at a Bohart open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Lovers, Unite!

December 17, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like bugs and live in Northern California, you're in luck. The newly formed California Bug Club has scheduled its first meeting for 6 p.m., Satuday, Jan. 12 in the Elk Grove Library's meeting room, 8900 Elk Grove Blvd.
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Whitney Krupp with her beetle art work. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Exciting Insect Tales and Art

December 14, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Deep in the forest, in a tree so old its bark is blackened and its roots are larger around than a man, a beetle flaps its wings.
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