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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, nectaring on a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii. Many nectar plants will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Nursery online plant sales. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery's Online Plant Sales Scheduled

October 6, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've been thinking about bees, butterflies and other pollinators--and wondering when the next UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery online plant sales will take place--mark your calendar. Members-Only Online Plant Sales with Curbside Pick-Up. You shop at the online plant store Tuesday, Oct.
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A male long-horned bee, Melissodes agilis, chases a female of the species over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Chase

October 5, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever tried to photograph male long-horned bees, Melissodes agilis, you know how fast they can fly and how quick they can dart. They fly even faster when they're chasing the females of their species. It was the last day of June.
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Benefits of Horticulture and Human Interactions

October 2, 2021
By Janet S Hartin
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Mohandas K. Gandhi, World leader, political ethicist, lawyer Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
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Human hibernation and longevity will be the topic of UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey's quest for research papers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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An Entomologist's Novel Idea: He'll Pay for Equivalent of 'Term Papers'

September 29, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever written a well-researched A-plus term paper and commented "I wish I could have been paid for that!" Well, now you can. A UC Davis professor will pay you--if you're a top-notch UC Davis student--to write (the equivalent of) a "term paper." UC Davis distinguished professor James R.
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A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Seen Any Monarchs Lately?

September 28, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Seen any monarchs lately? No, not the British royal family: the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
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