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The Buzz Behind the UC Davis Bumble Bee Contest

The Bohart Museum of Entomology generated a lot of buzz when it sponsored its second annual "Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest." The open-to-the-public competition involved searching for the first-of-the-year bumble bee in...

This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.
This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered  Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.
The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.

The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.

Posted on Monday, January 3, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Are Honeybees the Most Effective Pollinators?

There they were. Together. The scene: A honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) nectaring on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a UC Davis bee garden. If you've observed honeybees and wild bees foraging...

A honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) nectaring on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a UC Davis bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) nectaring on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a UC Davis bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) nectaring on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a UC Davis bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the cover of the American Journal of Botany, featuring several species of bees on a sunflower, Helianthus sp, (Cover photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the cover of the American Journal of Botany, featuring several species of bees on a sunflower, Helianthus sp, (Cover photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the cover of the American Journal of Botany, featuring several species of bees on a sunflower, Helianthus sp, (Cover photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 5:09 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

'President's Prize' for UC Davis Graduate Student's Presentation on Bumble Bees

"Native bees, including bumble bees are important pollinators but face threats from multiple sources, including agrochemical application," writes UC Davis doctoral student Danielle Rutkowski. "Declining bumble bee populations have been linked to...

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 5:21 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Doctoral Student Maureen Page: Impacts of Honey Bees Vs. Native Bees

Honey bees versus native bees. What are the impacts of honey bee introductions on the pollination of Camassia quamash, a Sierra wildflower?  That's the topic that doctoral candidate and pollination ecologist Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab,...

Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will address the Davis Botanical Society meeting, “How I Spent My Field Season” on Thursday Nov. 14. The event takes place from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives.
Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will address the Davis Botanical Society meeting, “How I Spent My Field Season” on Thursday Nov. 14. The event takes place from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives.

Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will address the Davis Botanical Society meeting, “How I Spent My Field Season” on Thursday Nov. 14. The event takes place from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives.

Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 9:56 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

A 'Page' in an Important Chapter on Wild and Managed Bees

Congratulations to doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! She's the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering...

UC Davis doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page has received prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, funded by the Department of Defense.
UC Davis doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page has received prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, funded by the Department of Defense.

UC Davis doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page has received prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, funded by the Department of Defense.

Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 5:51 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

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