“First” bumblebee of the new year? Check. “First” cabbage white butterfly? Still waiting. To win the Robbin Thorp Memorial First Bumblebee of the Year Contest, sponsored by the Bohart Museum of ...

The countdown to New Year’s also serves as a countdown to UC Davis’ “first-of-the-year” bumblebee and cabbage white butterfly contests, the former in its third year and the latter going back 50 years.

A bumble bee enthusiast of Sacramento, who won the 2026 Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, received her prize–a Bohart Museum of Entomology coffee cup designed with the bumble ...

A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species Anne Readel A rusty patched bumblebee, the first bumblebee species to be ...

File photo: This was not the “first” cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2023. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro spotted two this week. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) We’re looking for the ...