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These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bees Are Your Buddies; Ants Are Your Friends

May 17, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If bees are your buddies, ants ought to be your friends, right? Right. They belong to the same order, Hymenoptera, but some folks insist that ants don't belong in your life. Oh, but they do! Find out why at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 21.
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Got a question about ants? Ask the Phil Ward lab members. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. They answered scores of questions Feb. 18 at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Ants Will Set the Theme of Bohart Museum Open House on Sunday, May 21

May 17, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ants! Let's talk about ants! The laboratory of Professor Phil Ward, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will provide live ants, specimens, information, and engage in one-on-one discussions about ant species at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 21.
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Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Mark Your Calendars: Three Bohart Museum Open Houses

May 16, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Mark your calendars! The Bohart Museum of Entomology has scheduled three open houses between now and Saturday, July 22. The first open house is themed "Ants!" It's set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 21. The Phil Ward ant lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is planning the event.
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A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, foraging April 30 on Jupiter's Beard in the UC Davis Student Farm's Ecological Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Pipevine Swallowtail: Battus philenor! Battus philenor!

May 11, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Battus philenor! Battus philenor! That's what UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro called out when he spotted a pipevine swallowtail foraging on wild radish as we trudged up Gates Canyon Road several years ago. It's a beautiful butterfly, and one of the first we see in the spring.
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The Kimseys--Bob and Lynn--are faculty members, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Bob is a forensic entomologist and Lynn,a hymenopterist, directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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How a Newly Described Bacteria Species Became a Kimsey

May 10, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ever had a bacteria species named for you? No? Well, a newly described bacteria species now carries the last name of a husband-wife team: Lynn and Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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Students at the Tremont Elementary School, Dixon, created this "Spring Has Sprung" basket of flowers and pollinators as their entry in the Dixon May Fair, May 11-14. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Spring Has Sprung: Bees, Butterflies and Blossoms Grace the Dixon May Fair

May 9, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Spring Has Sprung!" That's the theme of the 146th annual Dixon May Fair, the 36th District Agricultural Association. It's been a long, cold winter and we're ready for that! So are the exhibitors and fairgoers. When the fair opens Thursday, May 11 and continues through Sunday, May 14 at 655 S.
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A honey bee in flight, heading for a Phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Professor Irene Newton: Inside the Honey Bee Gut

May 8, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"The honey bee gut is home to varied and diverse bacterial species," says Professor Irene Garcia Newton of Indiana University, Bloomington, who studies host-associated microbes.
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2023 Nevada-Placer-Yuba Livestock Disaster Pass Registration is Open!

May 8, 2023
By Daniel K Macon
Ranchers in Placer, Nevada, and Yuba Counties, along with UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and the County Agricultural Departments from these three counties, have established a Disaster Livestock Access Program to facilitate livestock and human safety before, during, and after wildfire and other emer...
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