Bug Squad

What a remarkable project a biologist launched in Kenya involving honey bees. It all began with farmers complaining that migratory elephants were raiding their crops and destroying their livelihood.

Phoresy! If that word is not in your everyday vocabulary, just think of a symbiotic relationship where one organism transports another organism of a different species for the benefit of both.

It's top secret as to what's in those drawers. And they're not letting the secret out until Saturday, Dec. 3. What it is: the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program will sponsor a "Cabinets of Curiosity" scientific art show on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Davis.

It's not your average garden variety calendar. It's absolutely bee-utiful. Native bees reign supreme in Garden Variety Native Bees of North America, a calendar produced by University of California alumni as a benefit for two non-profit organizations.

Fevers from the forest... Dengue is one of them. Dengue, transmitted by the daybiting Aedes aegypti mosquito, globally infects 50 to 100 million people yearly, according to dengue expert Tom Scott, professor of entomology at UC Davis. At risk are some 2.