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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Big Bioblitz Set April 29 at UC Davis: Plants, Animals and More

March 15, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Mark your calendar! A BioBlitz is set from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 29 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It's being hosted by UC Davis doctoral student Grace Horne of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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A honey bee, cooped up in a hive for weeks due to the rain and cold, heads for a nectarine blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Where, Oh Where, Can They Bee?

March 14, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The nectarines are bursting into bloom, but where are the honey bees? Well, they're huddled inside their colonies as California storms erupt with a vengeance reserved for politics. The bees venture out...one here...one there...
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UC Davis honey bee scientist Brian Johnson is the author of a newly published book, "Honey Bee Biology." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Brian Johnson Authors Book on 'Honey Bee Biology'

March 10, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A newly published book, Honey Bee Biology, authored by UC Davis honey bee scientist Brian Johnson, a leading expert on the behavior, genomics and evolution of honey bees, will be released June 6 by Princeton University Press.
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Meet Coco McFluffin, a resident tarantula in the Bohart Museum's live petting zoo. It's a Chaco golden knee tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes), native to Paraguay and Argentina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Many-Legged Wonders at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

March 9, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Last year the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house themed "Eight-Legged Wonders." It featured primarily spiders. Next week the Bohart Museum is adding more legs. It's hosting an open house themed "Many-Legged Wonders." The event, free and open to the public, is set from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Ecologist Sylvain Pincebourde, a director of research for the National Centre for Scientific Research, France, will speak on "The Key Role of Microclimates in Modulating the Response of Ectotherms to Climate Change" at the March 15th seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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CNRS Research Director to Zero in on Climate Change

March 9, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ecologist Sylvain Pincebourde, a research director at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, will speak on "The Key Role of Microclimates in Modulating the Response of Ectotherms to Climate Change" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.
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