Posts Tagged: memorial
Fairfield Resident Wins Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest
Fairfield resident Nancy Hansen won the 4th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial...
This is an image of the bumble bee species (an example here by Kathy Keatley Garvey) that Nancy Hansen found in her back yard in Fairfield on Jan. 1. She captured a video of Bombus melanopygus on her Madrone tree.
Two Insect Contests: One Winner, One to Go
One down, one to go! We have a winner in the 4th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial...
The search is on to collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Arboretum Is the Magical Place to Find the First-of-the-Year Bumble Bee
If history repeats itself, the person who finds and photographs the first bumble bee of the year in...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on Eryngium amethystinum, a genus that belongs to the carrot family, Apiaceae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on ceanothus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Who Will Spot and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year?
Who will spot and photograph the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of...
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on a rose in Benicia, Solano County, on Jan. 25, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Malaria, Memorial Day and Memories of the Civil War
Every Memorial Day, I especially remember my great-grandfather, Samuel Davidson...
This work, "The Siege of Vicksburg--Assault on Fort Hill," is by Swedish-born American illustrator Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), whom his contemporary critics considered "the foremost military artist in America." (Image courtesy of Wikipedia)