Entomology & Nematology News

Meet Cryptocteniza kawtak. UC Davis professor Jason Bond discovered the new genus and species on a sandy beach in Moss Landing State Park, Monterey County. This is a female. (Image by Jason Bond)

Name That Spider: Meet Cryptocteniza kawtak

September 28, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Editor's Note: Good Day Sacramento featured Professor Bond and the spider on a segment Oct. 7. https://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.

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UC Davis Evolution and Ecology Seminars Announced

September 22, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Professor Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra has announced the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology's fall seminars, which will all be virtual in keeping with COVID-19 precautions. Zoom links and times will be announced for each speaker, he said.

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Master Beekeeper Amy Hustead and helper Jacob working the hives. Hustead is the first-ever Master Beekeeper in the California Master Beekeeper Program.

California Master Beekeeper Program Certifies First-Ever Master Beekeeper

September 10, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

She bee the first.

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Highly honored for his teaching and mentoring, UC Davis Distinguished Professor Jay Rosenheim engages students in a February 2018 class. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jay Rosenheim: Newly Elected Fellow of Entomological Society of America

September 2, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Jay Rosenheim of the Department of Entomology and Nematology is a newly elected Fellow of the 7000-member Entomological Society of America (ESA).

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Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, leads a discussion at a recent honey sensory workshop. The Oct. 22 sensory workshop will be virtual. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey and Pollination Center Gearing Up for Two Events

August 23, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute is gearing up for two virtual events, one in September and the other in October: "Sips and Bites: The Hidden World of Honey" from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 on Zoom. Honey Sensory Workshop from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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