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Posts Tagged: ESA
Why Study Insects? A UC Davis Poster Lists Possible Careers
"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. The poster specifies possible careers, listing...
A poster outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Inside the 'World of Insects' Calendar
If you like insects, macro photography, and cool calendars, you'll want to order the "World of Insects" calendar, published by the Entomological Society of America. You'll see insects you've never seen before--and learn a little about them. The cover...
This image of the larva of an elm zigzag fly appears on the cover of the 2024 Entomological Society of America calendar. (Photo by Christian Brockes of Germany)
Two California Native Bees 'Travel' to Oklahoma
This is the story of how two native bees from Vacaville, Calif., traveled 1872 miles to Oklahoma City. Not really. But a photo I took in Vacaville of two Melissodes agilis bees zipping over a Mexican sunflower,...
"Catch Me if You Can!"--This image of two native bees, Melissodes agilis, won the ESA category at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon, co-sponsored by the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America and the Photographic Society of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Checking You Out"--This image of a golden dung fly was displayed at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"I Do"--This image of two Gulf Fritillaries keeping busy (insect wedding photography) was displayed at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Emily Meineke: An Incredible and Well-Deserved Honor
It's an incredible and well-deserved honor. UC Davis urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke has been selected an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Meineke, an assistant professor who...
A honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy. Urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke is one of the researchers involved in the Seed Pile Project, a community science initiative by Miridae Living Labs and UC Davis faculty. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page Knows How to Answer This Question
If you ask honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. what his favorite honey is, he'll point to his wife, Michelle. She--and any others near them--will smile every time! Fact is, Rob Page is our favorite honey bee geneticist, and he was just named...
Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. poses with his wife Michelle (right) and Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at a 2022 ceremony honoring him as the recipient of the CA&ES Distinguished Emeritus Award. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. checks out a honey bee swarm.
Robert E. Page Jr. as a graduate student at UC Davis, with his mentor and later colleague, Harry Laidlaw Jr.
This decorative sign fronts the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. This is where Laidlaw and his graduate student, Rob Page--and later his colleague--worked. Artist Donna Billick of Davis created this sign. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
