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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)
'Beekeeping and Management' Part of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine's Winter Conference
Mark your calendar! "Beekeeping and Management" will be part of the two-day UC Davis School of...
A honey bee colony at work. Extension apiculturist Elina Niño will discuss three topics dealing with "Beekeeping and Management" at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2019 winter conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opening a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zeroing in on the Zika Virus
If you're interested in Zika virus research, you'll want to attend Lark Coffey's seminar on...
This mosquito, Aedes aegypti (infected mosqutoes can transmit such diseases as dengue and the Zika virus) will be the focus of Lark Coffey's seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7 in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. (Photo by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control)