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)
Bee observation hives attract attention at the annual California Honey Festival. Visitors delight in pointing out the queen bee and checking out the workers and drones. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Honey Festival Is the Place to 'Bee'

April 26, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Show me the honey? Show me the California Honey Festival. The annual event, which emphasizes the importance of bees, and promotes honey and honey bees and their products, will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4 at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, 1250 E. Gum St.
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UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey walks under the archway of a 21-insect net salute. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Incredible Salute to Entomologist Lynn Kimsey

April 25, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When a noted entomologist retires, what do you do? Give them a 21-insect net salute. That's what occurred at a recent retirement celebration honoring the legacy of UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology for 34 years.
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Robert Peck, an entomologist with the University of Hawaii won first prize in the PBESA Photo Salon competition with this image of a damselfly. (Copyright, Robert Peck)

Winning PBESA Images: A Damselfly, a Blowfly and a Monarch

April 23, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
An image of a damselfly photographed in Hawaii, and images of a blowfly and a monarch photographed in California won the Photo Salon recently hosted by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) Photo Salon coordinator Joshua Milnes, an entomologist with the Plant Protection Divisi...
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A yellow-faced bumble bee,Bombus vosnesenskii, buzzes into a barely opened California golden poppy in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

There Is No Planet 'B'

April 22, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There is no "Planet B." The Earth is all we have. Today, April 22, is Earth Day (an annual event launched April 22, 1970) and what a perfect occasion to celebrate a native bee and a native wildflower.
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