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This praying mantis, drawn by Karissa Merritt, is being colored by James Harris, 13, of Winters at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum: This Bug's for You

January 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A praying mantis here. A lady beetle there. A sawtoothed-grain beetle there. Entomologist-artist Karissa Merritt kept busy at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Insects and Art last Sunday, Jan. 21 as she demonstrated how to draw insects.
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Jim Farrar

New leaders named for three strategic initiatives

January 23, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
New leaders for three of the five UC ANR Strategic Initiatives have taken the helm for the three SI leaders who rotated off, effective Jan. 2. Jim Farrar, director of UC Integrated Pest Management Program, succeeds Cheryl Wilen as leader for Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD).
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This stunning praying mantis illustration is the work of Ivana Li, UC Davis entomologist and artist. It will be among the art displayed at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Jan. 21.

The Amazing Art of Entomologists

January 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Oh, that praying mantis! Oh, that jumping spider! When you attend the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Sunday, Jan.
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As Extension apiculturist, Eric Mussen shared his knowledge of bees. Here he opens a hive for a group to show them the queen, worker bees and drones. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Rousing, Standing Ovation for Eric Mussen

January 18, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was so well-deserved. Internationally known honey bee guru Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist emeritus, drew a rousing, standing ovation on Jan. 12 at the 75th annual American Beekeeping Federation's conference in Reno.
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Gene Brandi (left), president of the American Beekeeping Federation and Joan Gunter, president of the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, with Founders' Award recipient Eric Mussen.
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'Pro-Bee' Eric Mussen Receives Founders' Award at ABF Conference

January 18, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
For 38 years, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen did everything he could to help the honey bees. I am basically all pro-bee; whatever I can do for bees, I do it, Mussen told the American Bee Journal in a two-part interview published in 2011.
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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint last summer in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

January 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've been looking for that cabbage white butterfly in the three-area county of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano to win UC Davis Professor Art Shapiro's "Beer for a Butterfly" contest, there's still hope. Shapiro hasn't found it, either.
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