Posts Tagged: honey bee scientist

Zeroing in on the Deadly Game Between Honey Bees and Their Predators

If you're around honey bees, you've seen their predators: crab spiders, orb weavers, praying mantids, birds and more. It's a tough world out there for pollinators. Take it from UC San Diego bee scientist James Nieh, who will be on the UC Davis campus...

A crab spider nails a honey bee while another honey bee watches. This image, on bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis, was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crab spider nails a honey bee while another honey bee watches. This image, on bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis, was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gene Robinson: Distinguished Speaker at UC Davis

Bee scientists and bee enthusiasts are among those looking forward to the UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium on Monday, Feb. 22. That's when eminent honey bee scientist Gene E. Robinson of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will speak on...

A newly emerged honey bee worker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A newly emerged honey bee worker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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