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Entomologist/artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts wearing a red hooded sweatshirt: front view showing the Bohart logo and a tardigrade face. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Bearing' a Close Resemblance

February 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You've heard of the California Bear Flag, the one with the grizzly bear" right? It's lettered with "California Republic.
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Hopland REC: Article

Americorps NCCC Gold Seven Team Experience Hopland REC

February 20, 2019
By Hannah M Bird
The wonderful NCCC Gold Seven team have been working at HREC for the past 3 weeks, they have been so helpful - all the HREC staff will be so very sad to see them go! In this blog post we learn a little about the team members and get an overview of the work that they have been involved in, the interv...
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A monarch on the American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Of Presidents and Monarchs

February 18, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Happy Presidents' Day. It's day we honor not only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but all the men (no women yet!) who have served as President of the United States.
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Help Identify this Plant... It's a Rosemary

February 18, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Would you please help me to identify a plant which is a bush when fully grown, and blooms in small light-blue color flowers in fall and winter.
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A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a spiked floral purple plant, Salvia indigo spires (Salvia farinacea x S. farinacea). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee My Valentine!

February 14, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Remember receiving valentine cards that read "Bee My Valentine?" Well, every day can be Valentine's Day when there are bees in your garden.
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A six-foot-long mosaic and ceramic sculpture, Miss Beehaven, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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See Bugs, Bees and Nematodes on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's going to be a long weekend, but it's a short one when you consider all the things you can do and see at the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your camera.
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Close-up of a gravid tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
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Tsetse Flies: Who Knew?

February 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.
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Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab,
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Of Fruit Flies and Photoperiodic Time Measurement

February 11, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster" at the next departmental seminar.
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