Posts Tagged: native bees
Professor Neal Williams Shares Information on Native Bees on 'Science Friday'
Noted pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and...
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, working on his research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollination Ecologist Neal Williams: The Importance of Native Bees
Did you know that California is home to more than 1600 species of undomesticated bees—most of...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Native Bees Part of California Honey Festival, Too
Native bees will join the celebrated honey bees at the California Honey Festival. The annual...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, leaves a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Megachile fidelis foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male leafcutter bee, Megachile spp., on a rock purslane, Calandrinia grandiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Big Bee Bash Is Beckoning: Learn About California's Native Bees
It's billed as a "Bee Bash," but it should be "Big Bee Bash." Urban entomologist Gordon...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, on a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female sweat bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, on purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A leafcutter bee, Megachile sp., heading for a broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Andrena (mining) bee on meadowfoam, Limnanthes alba. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, on germander, Teucrium (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lauren Ponisio: Disease in Plant-Pollinator Communities
Lauren Ponisio, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Oregon who seeks to preserve...
Lauren Ponisio, assistant professor of biology, University of Oregon, doing field research.