Bug Squad

The temperature on the UC Davis campus stood solidly at 56 degrees this afternoon. The less-than-ideal weather didn't seem to deter several Italian honey bees from foraging in a flower bed behind the Laboratory Sciences Building on the central campus.

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.