Posts Tagged: UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab

The Wild Ones! Want to See Them in a Documentary?

You've probably seen some of them in your garden, but have you seen them up close? Really close? Have you seen the male Valley carpenter bee, that green-eyed blond fondly nicknamed "the teddy bear bee?" (Well, it does have that fuzzy-wuzzy look, and it...

A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Gordon Frankie, professor at UC Berkeley. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Gordon Frankie, professor at UC Berkeley. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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