Several area agricultural communicators who won gold, or first-place awards, from the international Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), will be honored at the ACE conference set June 16-18 in Milwaukee, Wis.

ACE is an association of communications professionals and educators who "extend knowledge about agriculture, natural resources, and life and human science," according to its website.

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"Insects, Art, and the Sound of a Silent Crisis."

That's the theme of a seminar to be presented by medical entomologist Lee Rafuse Haines, associate research professor, University of Notre Dame, on Monday, June 2 to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.  

Her seminar begins at 4:10 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall and also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

It focused on the bees.

And what an educational and entertaining experience it was for the some 600 to 650 people attending a mini-festival at The Hive, Woodland, on Saturday, May 3--the day that the 2025 California Honey Festival was planned, but "not to bee." 

UC Davis postdoctoral scholar Mark Stukel will present a seminar on his research involving "the singing cicadas" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

"Insects: Life Stages" will set the theme of the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday afternoon, May 18.

The event, free and family friendly, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.

The UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) has scheduled two bee courses: one on queen-rearing techniques and the other on instrumental insemination. 

Both will be held in the E. L. Niño Lab of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, located at 1 Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. 

“Eating caterpillars will not make us stay young. However,  research that started in insects and continues in mammals, has the potential to make us feel younger as well as slowing the aging.”

USDA-ARS research plant pathologist William Rutter will speak on "Investigating the Mechanisms that Underlie Host Plant Resistance Against Root-Knot Nematodes" at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Monday, May 12.

Doctoral candidate Alison Blundell of the laboratory of associate professor Shahid Siddique, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the recipient of the 2025 John M. Webster Outstanding Student Award from the Society of Nematologists.

Veterinary entomologist Amy Murillo, an assistant professor in the UC Riverside Department of Entomology, will discuss "Tiny Terrors: How Ectoparasites Undermine Chicken Health and Productivity" at the next UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar.

The one-hour seminar begins at 4:10 p.m., Monday, May 5 in Room 122 of Briggs Hall. It also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

Jared P. Jensen, field research manager at SAN Agrow, will present a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT), on Monday, April 28 on "Crop Protection Product Development: An Insider's Perspective."

His seminar begins at 4:10 p.m. in Room 122, Briggs Hall, and also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

UC Davis doctoral alumna Fiona Goggin, professor of entomology and plant pathology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will speak on "Plant Defensive Signaling and Its Impacts on Herbivory, Plant Growth, and Development" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Monday, April 21.

Mosquito researcher Ryan Smith, an associate professor in Iowa State University's Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, will deliver the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) recently spotlighted bumble bee research from the laboratory of pollinator ecologist Neal Williams, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.