<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px">David Tarpy Seminar on Feb. 3: Day in the Life of a Virgin Bee</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px">What's it like in the day of a life of a virgin queen bee?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px">Extension apiculturist/professor <a href="https://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/tarpy" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">David Tarpy</span></a> of North Carolina State University will present a seminar on "Young Regality: a Day in the Life of a Virgin Queen Bee" from 12:10 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3 in 122 Briggs Hall, Kleiber Hall Drive, UC Davis.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px">The seminar, open to all interested persons, is part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's noonhour seminars. It also will be recorded for later posting on UCTV. His host is Elina Niño, Extension apiculturist, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:13px">"Social insects have long fascinated entomologists, and honey bees have been a model system for their study," said Tarpy, who received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis in 2000 with major professor Robert Page, former chair of the Department of Entomology and now university provost emeritus and Foundation chair of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. "At the heart of the colony is a single queen, the mother of all nestmates and critical member for colony productivity. The natural history of queens is a fascinating story, one that interweaves the complexities of social behavior, genetics, and evolutionary ecology." See more at </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=20046" target="_blank">http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=20046</a></p><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">_<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kathy Keatley Garvey<br>UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology<br><a href="mailto:kegarvey@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">kegarvey@ucdavis.edu</a> <br>Or<br><a href="mailto:kathykeatleygarvey@gmail.com" target="_blank">kathykeatleygarvey@gmail.com</a> <br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Website: <a href="http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank">http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/</a><br></span>Department News:<span> </span><a href="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/" target="_blank">http://ucanr.edu/blogs/entomology/</a> <br>
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