Entomology & Nematology News

"A growing body of evidence suggests that forests may play an important role in bumble bee life history," says a team of scientists led by UC Davis alumnus and research ecologist John Mola in a newly published article, "The Importance of Forests in Bumble Bee Biology and Conservation," the cover sto...

Topics for the winter quarter seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology range from the alfalfa weevil to the yellow fever mosquito. The seminar series will take place on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall beginning Jan. 5 and continuing through March 9.

Two geneticists affiliated with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology are each scheduled to teach a 2022 virtual course as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), which offers educational programs for Davis area seniors, ages 50 and over.

Honeybees are celebrated as effective plant pollinators, but just how effective are they? Newly published UC Davis research in the American Journal of Botany yields some surprising results.

A newly published, two-year UC Davis study reveals that normal exposure to the insecticide imidacloprid generates a multi-generational effect on the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, reducing both reproduction and population growth.