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Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work!

It's about connecting. It's about learning where parents work and what they do. It's about fun. That's what will happen on Thursday, April 28 during the annual "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work" day at the University of California, Davis. The UC...

A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, is the center of attention. The bee, also known as
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, is the center of attention. The bee, also known as "the teddy bear bee," is frequently found in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Males cannot sting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, is the center of attention. The bee, also known as "the teddy bear bee," is frequently found in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Males cannot sting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Those attending the TODS event on April 28 will be able to get up close to this worker bee sculpture, created by Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Those attending the TODS event on April 28 will be able to get up close to this worker bee sculpture, created by Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Those attending the TODS event on April 28 will be able to get up close to this worker bee sculpture, created by Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, shows butterfly specimens to Caleb and Alia Symkowick-Rose of Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, shows butterfly specimens to Caleb and Alia Symkowick-Rose of Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, shows butterfly specimens to Caleb and Alia Symkowick-Rose of Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 5:44 PM

From a 'Butterfly Wish' to a Tarantula Named 'Peaches'

What a grand event! When the University of California, Davis held its annual campus "Take Your Daughters (And Sons) to Work" Day today (April 23), the participants met one-on-one with entomologists, firefighters, physicians, plant specialists,...

Roxanne Bell, 7, of Davis, decided that Peaches, the rose-haired tarantula,
Roxanne Bell, 7, of Davis, decided that Peaches, the rose-haired tarantula, "tickles!" Watching her reaction at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, during "Take Your Daughers (And Sons) to Work" Day is Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland. Their mothers work at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Roxanne Bell, 7, of Davis, decided that Peaches, the rose-haired tarantula, "tickles!" Watching her reaction at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, during "Take Your Daughers (And Sons) to Work" Day is Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland. Their mothers work at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland, eagerly listens to children's author S. S. Dudley, a retired UC Davis scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland, eagerly listens to children's author S. S. Dudley, a retired UC Davis scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland, eagerly listens to children's author S. S. Dudley, a retired UC Davis scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Children's author S. S. Dudley draws the attention of a crowd listening as he talks about the morpho butterflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Children's author S. S. Dudley draws the attention of a crowd listening as he talks about the morpho butterflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Children's author S. S. Dudley draws the attention of a crowd listening as he talks about the morpho butterflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 5:56 PM

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