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)
VERN BURTON, 85, relaxes at his home in Davis. He worked in the University of California system for 38 years. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thirty Eight Years in the UC System

January 27, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Vern Burton didnt set out to become an entomologist. Home from the World War II battlefields, he enrolled in Compton Community College and then the University of California, Berkeley. A family friend promised him a job in his termite control business once he finished his studies.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS James Harwood (shown) and Amy Morice, who study with major professor James Carey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, devote their lunch hours to Webcasting the departmental seminars. Here Harwood readies the equipment prior to a seminar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Predator and the Prey

January 26, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever wondered about the relationship between predator biodiversity and herbivore suppression, that subject is on tap Wednesday, Jan. 27 at UC Davis.
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SUSAN COBEY (far left), bee breeder-geneticist and manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, with a recent class on queen bee-rearing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What Makes a Beekeeper?

January 25, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What makes a beekeeper? A research team from the Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., wants to know. Led by Wendy Schweigert, Ph.D.
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CHEMICAL ECOLOGIST Walter Leal works in his lab in the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blood Banquets

January 22, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Human blood--it drives mosquitoes wild. Today Marlene Cimmons of the National Science Foundation (NSF) spotlights chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology, University of California, Davis, on the LiveScience Web site.
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HONEY BEE moves through salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two Pressing Questions

January 21, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Its raining in northern California like the proverbial cats and dogs--and all the more reason to think of vacations.
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