- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Thought for the day...
Every time we see a honey bee "posing perfectly" on a Gaillardia, commonly known as blanket flower, we think of a quote by internationally known honey bee geneticist, Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis doctoral alumnus and professor and chair emeritus of the UC Davis Department of Entomology (now the Department of Entomology and Nematology):
"The impact of bees on our world is immeasurable. Bees are responsible for the evolution of the vast array of brightly-colored flowers and for engineering the niches of multitudes of plants, animals, and microbes. They've painted our landscapes with flowers through their pollination activities and have...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Internationally known honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page, Jr. is spotlighted in the current issue of American Entomologist in Marlin E. Rice's popular Legends feature.
Titled "Robert E. Page, Jr.: The Spirit of the Bee," it's a great article chronicling his life, his love of bees, and his massive number of achievements. Rice captured it well.
Rob, a native of Bakersfield and now 74, received his doctorate in 1980 from UC Davis, studying with major professor
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's exciting to see internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. double-featured in Bee World, published by the International Bee Research Association.
Page, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus, a UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, wrote an article The Art of the Bee for the journal, and editor Robert Brodschneider interviewed him in a piece titled Robert E. Page Jr--Mapper of the Genetic Architecture of the Honey Bee.
Rob...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The journal Bee World, published by the International Bee Research Association, recently featured the research of internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology whose administrative career culminated in provost of Arizona State University (ASU).
Newly retired from teaching but not entirely from research, Page holds the titles of ASU Provost Emeritus and Regents Professor Emeritus, as well as UC Davis Entomology Chair Emeritus.
Bee World published his article, "
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're interested in bees--as a scientist, beekeeper or just as an enthusiast--you'll want to access the newly launched YouTube Channel of internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis alumnus and an emeritus administrator at UC Davis and Arizona State University.
The link: https://youtube.com/@artofthebee
Just call it "the fascinating world of bees!"
The content is from his book, The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from...