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A Bohart associate for some three decades, Bill Patterson is shown working in the Bohart Museum of Entomology in 2013. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)"
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Bill Patterson and Doris Brown Selected 'Friends of the College'

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bohart Museum of Entomology associate and longtime butterfly collector Bill Patterson and his wife, Doris Brown, of Sacramento are the 2022 recipients of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' 'Friends of the College' Award.
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Inside a honey bee colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Congrats to Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page!

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to UC Davis-trained bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr., recipient of the 2022 Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).
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A queen bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, sipping nectar from an ice plant at Bodega Bay on Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Well, Hello There, Queen Bumble Bee!

October 27, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So, there she is, an out-of-season queen bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, nectaring on an equally out-of-season ice plant blossom at Doran Regional Park, Bodega Bay. The yellow-faced bumble bee bursts from a neon pink blossom in the video below. It's Oct.
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Para reducir el impacto de los incendios forestales en los negocios de cannabis, los investigadores recomiendan el control de la vegetación, crear barreras contra el fuego, prevenir la exposición de los trabajadores al humo y ofrecer un seguro de cultivos a los granjeros de cannabis con licencia. Fotografía por Hekia Bodwitch
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Los incendios son un peligro para el cannabis más que para otros cultivos

October 27, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
El cannabis es uno de los cultivos ms nuevos y lucrativos en California, pero tambin se encuentra entre los plantos con mayor riesgo de prdidas debido a los incendios forestales, toda vez que esta planta se siembra, especialmente, en reas aisladas y rurales del estado, indica una investigacin recien...
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This entry accepted into the 2021 International Insect Salon features Gulf Fritillaries, Agraulis vanillae, and is titled "Keeping Busy." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Like to Photograph and Share Images of Bugs?

October 26, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like to photograph and share images of bugs, this is for you. Submissions are open for the 64th Annual International Insect Salon, hosted by the Peoria Camera Club of Illinois.
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Noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. checks out a bee swarm at Arizona State University.
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Rob Page Selected Recipient of CA&ES Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award

October 26, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis-trained honey bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr., known as the leading honey bee geneticist in the world, has been named the recipient of the Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award, from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).
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A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, on Monday, Oct. 24 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Seen Any Monarchs Lately? They're Stopping for Flight Fuel

October 25, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Seen any monarchs lately? A beautiful male glided into our Vacaville garden late yesterday and made himself at home on our Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola. He claimed the patch--"mine, all mine, all mine!"--until a honey bee buzzed by looking for nectar.
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