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This is what art enthusiasts can expect to see when they attend the Entomology (ENT) 001 Art Show: "Insects in the Anthropocene," on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at UC Davis.
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UC Davis Art Show: Insects in the Anthropocene

November 25, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You won't want to miss this. When two talented entomologists/artists from the University of California, Davis, collaborate and teach classes, you'll want to see the work that their students create. And you can do just that from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov.
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Under the direction of assistant professor Emily Meineke, students work in the Labudio (lab+studio) space in Room 128 of the Environmental Horticulture Building. (Photo by Gale Okumara)
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Art Show, 'Insects in the Anthropocene,' Set Nov. 29

November 25, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
An Entomology (ENT) 001 art show, "Insects in the Anthropocene," will be hosted by UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty members Emily Meineke and Diane Ullman from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the Labudio (lab+studio).
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Our Pollinator Garden Needs Your Help

November 25, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Greetings newsletter subscribers! Giving Tuesday is next week, Tuesday, November 28, 2022. It's an ideal time of year to support a local organization you care about.
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A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Time to 'Bee' Thankful

November 24, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Thanksgiving Day, and as we sit down with family and friends to count our blessings, let's thank the bees.
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Can you spot the bumble bee in this bed of Eryngium amethystinum in the Sunset Gardens, Sonoma Cornerstone? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Very Hungry Bumble Bee

November 22, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
She was all bees-ness, this yellow-faced queen bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. There she was, foraging in a bed of steely blue-purple flowers, Eryngium amethystinum, a genus that belongs to the carrot family, Apiaceae. A native bee on a non-native plant. It was Saturday, Nov.
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Forest Stewardship Workshop Participants Speak Out About Their Forest Management Goals and Objectives

November 22, 2022
By Kimberly C Ingram
We all have a strong emotional attachment to the land and so that's the thing that drives us to work hard to maintain it and keep it healthy. For those of us within UC ANR who are actively involved with the Forest Stewardship Education Initiative, this participant's comment comes as no surprise.
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Danielle Rutkowski is the second consecutive winner of President's Prize for her research presentation at the 2022 Entomological Society of America annual meeting. She studies with community ecologists Rachel Vannette and Rick Karban.
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UC Davis Graduate Student Researchers Win Top Honors at ESA Competition

November 21, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Doctoral candidates Danielle Rutkowski and Zachary Griebenow of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won the President's Prize or first-place honors for their individual research presentations at the 2022 Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, and British Co...
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A female carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, also known as the Valley carpenter bee, forages on showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. This is one of the bees that the Rachel Vannette lab studied. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Innovative Research by RSPIB Scholar: Surprising Find About Carpenter Bees

November 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When Professors Jay Rosenheim, Joanna Chiu and Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology launched the Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology (RSPIB) to give undergraduates closely mentored research experiences in biology, the innovative projects have simply been outstan...
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This is a female Xylocopa sonorina, also known as a Valley carpenter bee. It's foraging on a native milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis RSPIB Scholar: Surprising Find About Gut Bacteria in Carpenter Bees

November 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Newly published research by UC Davis scientists on the gut bacteria of two carpenter bee species shows a surprising find: their gut bacteria is more similar to social bees like honey bees and bumble bees than to solitary bees, even to closely related bee species.
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