Bug Squad

If you missed the Honey! event sponsored by the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and held recently in the UC Davis Conference Center, not to worry. James R.

It's good to see University of California scientists pursuing rare bumble bees.

There should be a crowd at the UC Davis Department of Entomology seminar on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

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.