Posts Tagged: Ellen Zagory
The Buzz Behind the UC Davis Bumble Bee Contest
The Bohart Museum of Entomology generated a lot of buzz when it sponsored its second annual...
This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.
It's a Tie: Two Scientists Co-Win the Second Annual Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest
(This contest was featured Jan. 3 on Good Day, Sacramento. See it here.)Game over. The...
Ellen Zagory captured this image of a bumble bee at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 1 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden to co-win the contest. Professor Neal Williams, pollinator ecologist, identified it as a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii.
Maureen Page used her Iphone to capture this image of a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 1 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden to co-win the contest.
Robbin Thorp, 1933-2019, at his computer with his image of Franklin's bumble bee that he closely monitored. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22: Yes, There's Life After Lawn
Is there life after lawn? Yes. If you're looking for plants to attract pollinators, including bees...
Monarch butterfly nectaring on Buddleia 'Purple Haze.' This will be one of the plants offered at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. The milkweed plant is the host plant of monarchs; it's the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Looking for Bee Plants?
If you're thinking about adding more bee friendly plants to your garden but you're concerned about...
A honey bee, loaded with pollen, heads for Kniphofia "Christmas Cheer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A finch likes the Christmas Cheer, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bumble Bees at Bodega
If you're on your way to Bodega Bay in Sonoma County, stop at Bodega Head and see all the...
Bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenski, on woolly sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of bumble bee, vosnesenski. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This yellow-faced bumble bee is packing red pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)