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)
TARGETING MALARIA--This is the UC Davis team that co-authored research (with University of Arizona scientists) that made Time Magazine's "Top 50 Inventions of 2010"--the malaria-proof mosquito. In front, at the microscope, is entomology doctoral student Anna Drexler. In back (from left) are professor Edwin Lewis, postdoctoral scholar Nazzy Pakpour, and professor Shirley Luckhart. In the foreground: anopheline mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Malaria-Proof Mosquito Takes the Spotlight

January 7, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Shirley Luckhart, Edwin Lewis, Anna Drexler and Nazzy Pakpour ought to be dancing. They're probably not, though. They're too busy doing research. They're the UC Davis scientists who worked on a malaria-proof mosquito that just made Time Magazines 50 Best Inventions of 2010. It's listed as No.
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BEE BREEDER-GENETICIST Susan Cobey shows A. G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, her line of New World Carniolans during his recent visit to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. In his youth, Kawamura reared bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey, They're in Galveston

January 5, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're looking for your favorite beekeepers, apiculturists and bee researchers, odds are you won't find them. Unless you're in Galveston, Texas. The 2011 North American Bee Conference and Trade Show is taking place Jan. 4-8 in Galveston.
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YELLOW-FACED BUMBLE BEE, Bombus vosnesenskii, gathers nectar from a tower of jewels. The Cameron study looked at three species of western bumble bees, including this species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Declining Bumble Bees: Alarming

January 4, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Some species of bumble bees are disappearing at an alarming rate. And that, in itself, is alarming. A three-year study published Jan.
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HONEY BEE nectaring salvia. This one is Salvia leucantha or "Mexican sage." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Salivating the Salvia

January 3, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hmm, ever wonder why honey bees love salvia? Are they going for that nectar or are they going for something else? Salvia divinorum, which like all the salvias, is a member of the mint family, is gaining notoriety for its hallucinogenic effects.
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