The book, “The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from Landscapes to Societies," authored by noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr.--retired from administrative positions at UC Davis and Arizona State University (ASU)--is now translated into the German language by C. H. Beck Verlag, one of Germany’s oldest publishing houses. 

A book launch will take place Thursday, Nov. 27 at the Deutches Museum in Munich where Page will present a public lecture. 

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have long wondered how the plant-parasitic nematode, the Northern root-knot nematode, is able to infect such a wide range of organisms, from monocots and dicots to annual crops and woody plants.

What do bug enthusiasts say when they can’t find a gift during the winter holidays?

Bah, humbug!

The Bohart Museum of Entomology and the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) to the rescue...with both insect and arachnid-themed gifts!

Bohart Museum 

UC Merced assistant professor Marilia Palumbo Gaiarsa will present a seminar to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) on "From Foraging to Fitness: How Individual Behavior Shapes Plant-Pollinator Interactions" on Wednesday, Nov. 19 in 122 Briggs Hall.

Her seminar, set for 12:10 p.m., also will be on Zoom. The link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

UC Davis doctoral candidate Marielle Hansel Friedman figuratively "lightened the way" to the winners' circle at the Graduate Student Competition for the President's Prize at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Portland, Ore.

Samantha Murray, education and garden coordinator of the UC Davis Bee Haven and a bee specialist, has just received a grant from the El Dorado Beekeepers (EDB) to support her research on how nutritional supplements affect honey bee health and colony performance. 

The Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 15 will focus on "The Bees and Their Mimics."

Free and family friendly, the event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus. 

“Have you ever wondered what keeps water healthy and naturally clean?”

UC Davis entomologist and invertebrate specialist Geoffrey Attardo will lead a free-and-family-friendly workshop, “Life Begins in Water: A Workshop on Restoring Healthy Wetland Communities,”  on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Capay Open Space Regional Park, Yolo County.

Molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology--and internationally recognized for her research on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate circadian and seasonal biology and on invasive species genomics--will be celebrated as a newly selected Fellow at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) plenary session on Sunday, Nov. 9.

And along came a spider...

And just in time for Halloween.

Scientists in the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, have just published their research in the journal, Ecology and Evolution, about their newly discovered species of trapdoor spider that inhabits coastal sand dunes stretching from Monterey to California Baja, Mexico.