Posts Tagged: first bumble bee of the year
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)
In Search of the First Bumble Bee of the Year
What are you doing on New Year's Day? Well, weather permitting, you can begin searching for the...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, foraging on oxalis near the Benicia State Capitol grounds on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, foraging on oxalis near the Benicia State Capitol grounds on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on rosemary on Jan. 25, 2020 on the grounds of the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on a rose on Jan. 25, 2020 in downtown Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Who Will Win the Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest?
Wanted: the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of Yolo and Solano. The third...
Maureen Page, then a doctoral candidate in entomology, co-won the Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble Bee-of-the-Year Contest with this image: a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, photographed in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
Ellen Zagory captured this image of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden to co-win the 2022 Robbin Thorp Memorial Bumble Bee Contest.