Posts Tagged: nematology

Learning About the Bees and the Nutrition They Need

If you missed the eagerly anticipated UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar by apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada, an associate professor at Texas A&M and an international leader in honey bee research, not to worry. Her...

A screen shot from the seminar of apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada of Texas A&M.

A screen shot from the seminar of apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada of Texas A&M.

Happy Arachtober!

It's October and Arachtober: the month to celebrate spiders and other arachnids. As arachnologists will tell you, arachnids are arthropods that include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and...

Pretty in pink. A jumping spider on a pink rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pretty in pink. A jumping spider on a pink rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pretty in yellow. A jumping spider on a yellow rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pretty in yellow. A jumping spider on a yellow rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pretty in green. A jumping spider on green vegetation in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pretty in green. A jumping spider on green vegetation in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Zeroing in on Honey Bees

The next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology promises to be of great interest to bee scientists, beekeepers, and all those who want to learn more about honey bees. An international leader in honey bee...

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Zeroing in on Soil Invertebrate Communities

You might call it earth-shattering, but better, "an eye-opener about soil compositions." Associate professor Kyle Wickings of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, will...

This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.

This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.

They Spent Their Summer Doing Research in a UC Davis Nematology Lab

It's great to see two high school seniors spend their summer doing research in a UC Davis nematology lab as young scholars in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program (YSP)  YSP is a six-week summer residential program that introduces...

Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program "Summer Slam" (Elevator Pitch or short-version), competing with some 35 other students. (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program "Summer Slam" (Elevator Pitch or short-version), competing with some 35 other students. (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Anderson Van Dang presented his research, "Effects of Bacteria Supernatant on Parasitic Nematodes." (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Anderson Van Dang presented his research, "Effects of Bacteria Supernatant on Parasitic Nematodes." (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

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