Posts Tagged: Lisa Tell
UC Davis Scientists Weigh in on 'The Plight of the Pollinators'
UC Davis scientists weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, Apis mellifera, foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on milkweed, its host plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird seeking nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Researchers Zero in on Sugar Water in Hummingbird Feeders
(Proceedings of the Royal Society B) DAVIS--If you're like many Americans, you've set up a...
Calypte anna (Anna's hummingbird) nectaring blossoms. (Photo by Scott Logan, Wild Wings Ecology)
Calypte anna (Anna’s hummingbird) sipping sugar water from feeder. (Photo by Scott Logan, Wild Wings Ecology)
Experimental feeders at a field site in Winters, Calif. The researchers assigned hummingbird feeders to one of three treatments: (1) access by both hummingbirds and insects (open feeders), (2) restricted access by birds but access by insects allowed (caged feeders, 1.5 cm square mesh), or (3) restricted access by both birds and insects (feeders bagged using gallon paint strainer bags), with two replicates of each treatment set up at each site. (Photo by Casie Lee)