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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay

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March 28, 2025: Congrats to Douglas Walsh, PBESA's Woodworth Award Recipient

March 27, 2025: In Support of Honey Bees

March 26, 2025: Remembering Professor Harry Lange and Helping the Bohart Museum of Entomology

March 25, 2025: Hammock, Morisseau to Give TEDX Talk at School of Medicine Research Celebration

March 24, 2025: A UC Davis Living Lab: Which Plants Are Best for Your Garden?

March 21, 2025: 'Fantastic' and Much Needed Workshop: Fruit Fly ID

March 19, 2025: Thinking Pink on the First Day of Spring

March 18, 2025: Dad's Bees

March 17, 2025: Don't Pinch Me! I'm Green

March 14, 2025: CC Edwards Elected Chair of Youth Professionals, American Mosquito Control Association

March 13, 2025: Bohart Scientists Explain Venomous vs. Poisonous

March 12 2025: A Beautiful Bombus at Bodega

March 11 2025: Learn How Two UC Davis Entomologists-Artists Fuse Art with Science

March 10, 2025: How to Color a Frog: the Boh-Art Way

March 7, 2025: Bohart Museum Open House: Hopping with Poison Dart Frogs

UC Davis team leader Catherine Rodriguez answers a question. The answer: (C) Asn. (Screen shot)

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Reaching Across the Ocean, 5000 Miles Away....

March 12th, 2021

They reached across the ocean, 5000 miles away, and delighted in the challenge, the congeniality and the conviviality.

This is Henry as a winter monarch caterpillar found in the front yard of Karen Gideon, Greenbrae. It was feasting on her milkweed, “Hello Yellow” Asclepias tuberosa, native to eastern and southwestern North America. (Photo by Karen Gideon)

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A Monarch Named Henry on 'Hello Yellow'

March 11th, 2021

Meet Henry, "an unexpected guest." Make that "an early, unexpected guest who was given a warm welcome and an even warmer send-off." Henry is a Marin County winter monarch butterfly.

A honey bee gives a "high five." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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A Honey Bee 'High Five'

March 10th, 2021

"Honey bees contribute nearly $20 billion to the value of U.S. crop production," according to the American Beekeeping Federation's Pollination Facts. "This contribution, made by managed honey bees, comes in the form of increased yields and superior quality crops for growers and American consumers.

Two honey bees competing for pollen on a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Community Ecologist to Speak on 'The Journey to Effective Pollination'

March 9th, 2021

When you think of "journeys," you may think only of expeditions, crossings, tours, treks and passages. You should also think about "pollination journeys.

The March 10th event pits undergraduate students in biochemistry from two global universities: UC Davis and Cardiff University

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March 10: Biochemistry, COVID-19, UC Davis and Cardiff University All Rolled Into One

March 8th, 2021

If you want to learn about biochemistry, COVID-19, UC Davis and Cardiff University, all rolled into oneand reap an educational and entertaining experience at the same time--then you'll want to mark your calendar for 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 10, Pacific Time.