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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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UC ANR is renovating its website. The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/archive.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honey bee foraging on a Japanese maple. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Honey Bees on Japanese Maple?

March 28, 2013
Honey bees favor assorted plants, including lavenders, mints, salvias, asters, borage, wild roses, echiums, clover, fireweed, goldenrod and phacelia, but have you ever seen them on a Japanese maple?
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Honey bee gathering the sweet nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Apple Blossom Time

March 27, 2013
It's apple blossom time. Whether you wait for it, or the bees wait for it, it's here.
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Honey bee greets a Spanish lavender blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Dancing the Flamenco

March 25, 2013
One of TV's popular programs is "Dancing with Stars." The reality show pairs celebrities with professional ballroom dancers in a competition to win the mirror-ball trophy.
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