A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on a thistle. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)

Rachel Vannette: 'Bees in the Tahoe Basin: Pollination Ecology and Conservation'

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
 

Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, associate professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology--and a newly selected Chancellor’s Fellow--will discuss “Bees in the Tahoe Basin: Pollination Ecology and Conservation” at a Thursday, April 25th seminar hosted by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (UC Davis TERC).

Honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii.

'The Evolutionary History of Bees in Time and Space'

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
 

Bees originated some 120 million years ago and now comprise more than 20,000 described species in seven families. But where did they originate?

Cornell University alumnus Eduardo Almeida, an associate professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, will discuss “The Evolutionary History of Bees in Time and Space” at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Monday, April 8.

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