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The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/index.cfm. The story behind "The Sting" is here: https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735.

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on lupine at Bodega Bay on April 24. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Breeze Blasts Bombus at Bodega Bay

April 26, 2023

Bodega Bay dawned cold and windy on Sunday, April 24.

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"Catch Me if You Can!"--This image of two native bees, Melissodes agilis, won the ESA category at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon, co-sponsored by the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America and the Photographic Society of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Two California Native Bees 'Travel' to Oklahoma

April 25, 2023

This is the story of how two native bees from Vacaville, Calif., traveled 1872 miles to Oklahoma City. Not really.

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Crowds throng Main Street, Woodland, during the annual California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Show Me the Honey! California Honey Festival Set Saturday, May 6

April 24, 2023

Show me the honey! The annual California Honey Festival, free and open to the public, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 6 in downtown Woodland. It's about celebrating the importance of bees; the festival's mission is "to promote honey and honey bees and their products.

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