Rangelands

Last Saturday evening, the Tahoe Cattlemen's Association held it's annual membership dinner. Ranchers from Placer and Nevada Counties sat down to a wonderful tri-tip dinner prepared by the Del Oro High School FFA chapter.

Internationally recognized honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., recipient of the 2019 UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Award, will present a BrainFood Seminar at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center on The Social Contract: How Complex Social Behavior Evolves.

Honey bees versus native bees.

You won't want to miss this. A year-long project on "Current Techniques in Morphology" was posted online today (Nov. 12).

Doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, edited a special collection of articles published today (Nov. 12) on Current Techniques in Morphology for the Entomological Society of America journal, Insect Systematics and Diversity (ISD).

It's Veterans' Day, and after paying tribute to the military veterans (my ancestors have fought in all of our nation's wars, dating back to the American Revolution--and my other half is a U.S. Air Force veteran), I slip out the back door to our pollinator garden to see where the insect action is.

Ever wanted to raise praying mantids, butterflies, silkworm moths and other insects? Or arachnids such as tarantulas? Scientists at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology will help you do just that.

The emerald ash borer, a wood-boring beetle native to northeastern Asia and now invasive in much of the United States, doesn't just target ash trees. The jewel beetle engages in host shifting.

Oh, the squabble over what is--and what is not--manuka honey. The battle is far from sweet. Manuka honey is produced in New Zealand and Australia, but New Zealand claims the manuka honey trademark. Australia says that's not fair. They want to use it, too.

Like to learn how to raise insects? Insects such as monarch butterflies, praying mantids and silkworm moths? The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology will host an open house on Arthropod Husbandry: Raising Insects for Research and Fun from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov.