Posts Tagged: honey tasting
Honey, Let's Go Taste Honey!
Honey, let's go taste honey! Yes, you can do just that at Briggs Hall during the UC Davis Picnic...
Graduate student Yao Cai (right) serves honey at the 2018 Picnic Day activities in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Want to see honey bees near the honey tasting? Check out the Biological Orchard and Gardens (BOG), located by the Mann Lab, in back of Parking Lot 26. Here a honey bee is nectaring on five-spot flowers, Nemophila maculata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs Reign Supreme at UC Davis Picnic Day
What's a picnic without bugs? When the 105th annual UC Davis Picnic Day takes place Saturday,...
UC Davis medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo holds one of his images, a tsete fly. He does research on the fly. He also will be showcasing his other images of vectors on UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These are the new t-shirts to be offered by the Entomology Graduate Student Association on UC Davis Picnic Day. From left are artists/scientists Ivana Li, Corwin Parker and Jill Oberski. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
You know how loud cicadas are? Well, doctoral student/nematologist Corwin Parker drew this prize-winning sketch for a EGSA t-shirt: a cicada plugged into an amp.
What's a Picnic Without Bugs? April 13 Is Picnic Day
It will literally be a bugfest Saturday, April 13 at Briggs Hall and the Bohart Museum of...
Showing winning entomology shirts are (from left) Ivana Li, UC Davis staff research associate and a UC Davis graduate in entomology; nematolgist and graduate student Corwin Parker of the Steve Nadler lab; and graduate student Jill Oberski of the Phil Ward lab. Oberski created the American Gothic t-shirt and the roach races t-shirt, while Parker designed the cicada t-shirt. Li is a strong supporter and also designed a t-shirt for the contest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cockroach races are a popular attraction at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth section at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows visits some specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo watches as a youngster participates in the Virtual Reality Bugs display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs at Briggs: A Banner Day on April 13
It just wouldn't be a picnic without bugs. Briggs Hall, home of the UC Davis Department of...
Have roach, will race! Don't miss the cockroach races at Briggs Hall during the 105th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters, as well as adults, delight in watching the cockroach races. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This youngster gives it his all at the maggot art table at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Jackson Audley of the Steve Seybold lab offers a taste of honey at the honey tasting table at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Bob Kimsey portrays "Dr. Death" at Briggs Hall during the annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Picnic Day offers a lot of photo opportunities. Here Alex Nguyen, an entomology graduate, focuses on the "Entomology Band" at last year's Picnic Day. The band will not be performing this year, but photographers can find plenty of other subjects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Will Travel for Bugs! Bohart Museum Featuring Global Collections on UC Davis Picnic Day
You don't have to travel the world to see insects. You can see them at the Bohart Museum of...
Scores of visitors will tour the Bohart Museum of Entomology on UC Davis Picnic Day, Saturday, April 13. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith curates the butterfly and moth section at the Bohart Museum. Here he holds morpho butterfly specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garv
The Bohart Museum is the home of nearly eight million insect specimens, collected throughout the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)