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Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, leads a class. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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UC Davis Offering Beekeeping Classes in August

July 12th, 2019

Do you want to become a beekeeper or do you want to learn more about beekeeping?

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Doctoral student Rebecca Godwin won first place for her poster at the American Arachnological Society. This is Godwin with a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in the American Museum of Natural History. She was doing some work in the archives there for the Ummidia revision.

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Doctoral Students in Jason Bond Lab Win Awards at American Arachnological Society Meeting

July 10th, 2019

Two doctoral students from the Jason Bond laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, won first- and second-place awards in the student research competitions at the recent meeting of the American Arachnological Society, held at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

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Undergraduate biological sciences major Andrew Kisin of the lab of Alden Gomes, UC Davis Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior targets distinguished professor and water warrior Bruce Hammock. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bruce Hammock Lab Water Balloon Battle: '15 Minutes of Aim'

July 3rd, 2019

Ready, set, throw! The 16th annual Bruce Hammock Lab Water Balloon Battle--known as "Bruce's Big Balloon Battle at Briggs" or "15 Minutes of Aim"--is set for 3 p.m., Friday, July 12 on the Briggs Hall lawn.

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Shahid Masood Siddique, a new member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, studies plant-parasitic nematodes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Meet Shahid Masood Siddique, UC Davis Nematologist

July 2nd, 2019

Shahid Masood Siddique has never met a plant parasitic nematode he didn't like--to study, that is. Plant-parasitic nematodes are microscopic worms that extract water and nutrients from such host plants as wheat, soybeans, sugar beets and bananas.

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Butterflies from Belize are part of the collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They are (far right) Blue Morpho, Morpho helenor montezuma; (top left), a leaf mimic, Fountainea eurypyle confusa; and blue hairstreak Pseudolycaena damo, according to entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera section. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bohart Museum's Summer Schedule

July 2nd, 2019

Think Moth Night, Lepitopterists' Society, Wednesday walk-ins and new summer hours. Those are a few of the activities or calendar items newly announced by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Moth Night. The Bohart will celebrate National Moth Night: Exploring Night Time Nature on Saturday, Aug.

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