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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BIOLOGIST Angela Smilanich of the University of Nevada, Reno, will speak at UC Davis on Wednesday noon, Jan. 26 on "Self-Medication vs. Self-Toxicity in Generalist and Specialist Herbivores.”

Insect-Plant Interactions

January 21, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
As a child, Angela Smilanich never harbored a fascination or obsession for insects. That came later.
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THESE HONEY BEES are faring well at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Like Living Only on Twinkies

January 20, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine, makes seven good points in his piece on honey bee health published in the Jan. 18th edition of The Daily Green.
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TWO CABBAGE WHITE butterflies foraging. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Butterflies at the Bohart

January 19, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Butterflies will set the theme for the Bohart Museum of Entomologys open house on Sunday, Jan. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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UC DAVIS Department of Entomology faculty member Larry Godfrey (right) answers questions about bugs. Behind him are Meredith Cenzer and Matan Shelomi. (Photo of Good Day Sacramento TV screen by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BYOB Doesn't Mean What You Think

January 18, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
BYOB doesn't mean what you think it does. Ask any entomology student and it means "Bring Your Own Bug." And that's exactly what the UC Davis Linnaean Team did this morning during an interview with the TV anchors of Good Day Sacramento.
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INFESTED BEE FRAME shows a small hive beetle and wax moth larvae. This is a frozen frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You Had to 'Bee' There

January 17, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The industrious honey bee buzzed around a lot during the Linnaean Games at the Entomological Society of Americas recent meeting in San Diego. Not the honey bee itselfquestions about the honey bee.
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