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Bruce Hammock is a new fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bruce Hammock: Scientist Extraordinaire

December 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's obvious that Bruce Hammock doesn't spend much time in a hammock. Research lab, yes. With colleagues, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students, yes.
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Overwintering lady beetles, aka ladybugs, in Colusa County. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
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Don't Miss Bohart Museum Open House Dec. 20: Insects and Art

December 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you use the words "insects," "art" and the "Bohart Museum of Entomology" in the same sentence, you immediately think of the artistic/scientific team of Fran Keller and Greg Kareofelas. And you'll meet them and see their amazing work at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house from 1 to 4 p.
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The UC Davis team included (from left) Margaret “Rei” Scampavia, Ralph Washington Jr., Jenny Carlson, captain Mohammad-Amir Aghaee and Danny Klittich. At far right is ESA president Frank Zalom of UC Davis who presented the team with its award. (Photo by Trav Williams of Broken Banjo Photography
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Great ESA Student Debate Topic: Neonics

December 17, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was great to see the Entomological Society of America (ESA) select "neonicotinoids" as a student debate topic for its recent meeting in Portland, Ore. Bee health is a challenge, and this hot topic tied in with ESA President Frank Zalom's theme "Grand Challenges Beyond the Horizons.
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2015 Annual Rice Growers Meetings

December 17, 2014
By Luis Espino
Save the date! Richvale: Tuesday, Jan 20, 8:30 to 12:00. Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale Glenn: Tuesday, Jan 20, 1:00 to 4:30. Glenn Pheasant Hall, 1522 Highway 45, south of Glenn Colusa: Friday, Jan 23, 8:30 to 12:00. CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd.
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Matan Shelomi, wearing a UC Davis entomology shirt, stands in front of the Reichstag in Berlin.
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Why Bees Are Disappearing and What You Should Know

December 16, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you should ask Extension apiculturist (emeritus) Eric Mussen of the University of California, Davis, whether he believes that neonicotinoids are the primary cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD), he will say answer you fair and square: "No, they're not the primary cause of CCD.
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A Western Tiger Swallowtail readies for a landing on the same flower occupied by a Gulf Fritillary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sharing a Mexican Sunflower

December 15, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Two's company. Three's a crowd? Not necessarily. Sometimes we wish it were half a dozen.
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Reservoir levels are still way below average

December 12, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
From our Faith Kearns at the UC Water Institute: https://twitter.com/ucanrwater/status/543501860527550464 As great as this bath has been, we still are way behind normal.
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UC Davis undergraduate student Jessica West, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, has just received the UC Davis undergraduate award President's Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Everyone Wins! (Except the Spotted-Wing Drosophila)

December 12, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's great to see Jessica West, a member of Joanna Chiu's molecular genetics lab in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a member of the Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology.
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