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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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UC Davis doctoral alumnus Jessica Gillung, now on the faculty of McGill University, is the winner of the Entomological Society of America's International Branch Early Career and Leadership Award.
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Jessica Gillung: Absolute Dynamo

August 26th, 2021
Congratulations, Jessica Gillung! What an absolute dynamo! Gillung, an evolutionary biologist who received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 2018 and is now on the faculty of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is the newly announced recipient of the Entomological Society of Amer...
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The late Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor, kept his image of Franklin's bumble bee as his screensaver image on his computer. He last saw the bee in 2006 at Mt. Ashland, and was the last known person to see the pollinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Robbin Thorp Would Have Been Proud

August 25th, 2021
The late Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor and a tireless advocate of pollinator species protection and conservation, would have been proud.
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A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, peers at the photographer in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Oh, To Be a Praying Mantis...

August 24th, 2021
Oh, to be a praying mantis, and hide among the flowers waiting for prey. On a warm sunny morning in Vacaville, Calif., this female Stagmomantis limbata positioned herself in a patch of Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola.
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Honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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National Honey Bee Day: A Buzzworthy Day, Indeed

August 20th, 2021
Hear that buzz? Are you ready for National Honey Bee Day? It's held the third Saturday of August and that's tomorrow. Launched in 2009 by a small group of beekeepers petitioning the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture (USDA), the day basically "honors" honey bees and beekeeping.
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