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Bohart Museum Contest: The Search for The First Bumble Bee of the Year
Be on the lookout for the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties. In...
Allan Jones of Davis was a frequent winner of the bee contest that Professor Robbin Thorp launched. In 2020, Jones photographed the first Bombus melanopygus of the year at 1:45 p.m., Jan. 6 on white manzanita in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Allan Jones)