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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (far left) and UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen look at a bee frame with beekeeper Valerie Severson of Yuba City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Coconut Oil to Treat Varroa Mites?

November 12, 2010
Is coconut oil effective in treating varroa mites, those nasty little mites that plague our honey bees? The facts aren't in, and research is ongoing.
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DRONE FLY (Eristalis tenax) crawls on yarrow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Drone Fly: Good Pollinator

November 11, 2010
Yarrow, yarrow, yarrow. Drone fly, drone fly, drone fly. This little insect is often mistaken for a honey bee. In the adult stage, both the drone fly and honey bee nectar flowers. However, the drone fly is a syrphid fly (family Syrphidae, subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Eristalini, genus, Eristalis).
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY in the Luther Burbank Gardens, Santa Rosa. One generation of monarch butterflies migrates 2000 miles between southern Canada and central Mexico, according to LiveScience senior writer Wynne Parry in her Nov. 4 post. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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One of Life's Little Mysteries

November 10, 2010
It's an amazing migratory feat. "One generation of monarch butterflies flutters some 2000 miles between southern Canada and central Mexico," writes LiveScience senior writer Wynne Parry in her piece, "Life's Little Mysteries" posted Nov. 4 on the LiveScience website.
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BOHART MUSEUM education and outreach coordinator Tabatha Yang (left) watches Toby Thornton's delight in a green walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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This Bug's for You at the Bohart

November 9, 2010
If youre into bugs, the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus has plenty of them. Butterflies? Check. Dragonflies? Check. Native bees? Check.
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DENGUE MOSQUITO--The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits the virus that causes dengue fever. (Photo by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
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On the Trail of Dengue

November 8, 2010
Medical entomologist Thomas Scott (right), professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and a newly elected fellow of the Entomological Society of America, knows his foe well. His foe? The day-biting, tiger-striped mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
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