Posts Tagged: public service

Public Service Project Targeting Coronavirus Pandemic

So many good-hearted people are trying to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. Take professional seamstress and aerobics instructor Teresa Hickman of Vacaville, Calif., who is devoting much of her time to sewing two-layer cotton face masks, now...

Honey bees cluster on a frame at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees cluster on a frame at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees cluster on a mask, the work of Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees cluster on a mask, the work of Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee motif on a hand-made bar of soap, the work of Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee motif on a hand-made bar of soap, the work of Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A gloved hand reaches for one of the many masks made by Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A gloved hand reaches for one of the many masks made by Teresa Hickman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Frank Zalom: A Distinguished Public Service Scholar

Integrated pest management (IPM) specialist Frank Zalom is a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and now he's a distinguished public service scholar as well. He was just notified that he's a recipient of the...

Integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom, UC Davis distinguished professor, by an almond tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom, UC Davis distinguished professor, by an almond tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lynn Kimsey: Distinguished Public Service

They fondly call her "The Wasp Woman" in reference to her specialty. She is a recognized expert on aculeate wasps and works with some of the most difficult groups, including tiphiids and chrysidids. Lately she's been heavily involved in ongoing studies...

Entomologist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with some of museum specimens--drawers and drawers of them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with some of museum specimens--drawers and drawers of them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So You Want to Become a Master Beekeeper...

So you want to become a Master Beekeeper. You don't want to just keep bees, you want to devote your life to learning more about them and understanding them. And you want to engage in public service. “Any universal and immutable scale with which...

Extension apiculturist Elina Niño of UC Davis greets a beekeeping class before donning a veil and smoking the hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Extension apiculturist Elina Niño of UC Davis greets a beekeeping class before donning a veil and smoking the hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Examining a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Examining a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bees clustering on a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bees clustering on a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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