Catch the Buzz at the Bohart Museum on May 16
May 13, 2026 11:20AM ● By Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Christofer Brothers, a UC Davis dragonfly expert, is on tap at 3:30 p.m. A question-and-answer period will follow. Courtesy photo
DAVIS, CA (MPG) - The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host an open house, "Buzz Words: Insects in Literature," from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 16, that will feature two bee book authors, Krystle Hickman of Los Angeles and UC Davis faculty member Felicity Muth, and dragonfly "rhyming prose" author Christofer Brothers, a UC Davis doctoral candidate who researches dragonflies.
The Bohart Museum is located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.
The open house, free and family friendly, is the inspiration of UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) members Grace Horne, Mia Lippey and Marielle Hansen Friedman.
The event will feature three guest presentations, announced Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator:
Krystle Hickman, a noted bee conservationist photographer and author of the book, "The ABCs of California Native Bees," will be tabling throughout the event. At 1:30 p.m., she will give a 15-minute talk, followed by a question-and-answer period.
At 1:30 p.m., Hickman will give a 15-minute talk, followed by a question-and-answer period. Courtesy photoFelicity Muth, who studies the cognitive ecology of wild-foraging and lab-based bumble bees, and authored the children's booth, "Am I Even a Bee?," will give a 15-minute talk at 2:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer period.
Christofer Brothers, a UC Davis dragonfly expert, is on tap at 3:30 p.m. A question-and-answer period will follow.
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection, and fellow Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas will show specimens from the museum's worldwide butterfly collection and answer questions.
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum education and outreach coorinator, and intern Jo Ridgeway, will staff displays of fiction books that focus on insects.
"We will also have the Woodland and Dixon librarians on hand as well," Yang said. "There will be an Eric Carle-inspired craft, and a book exchange."
Felicity Muth, who studies the cognitive ecology of wild-foraging and lab-based bumble bees, and authored the children's booth, "Am I Even a Bee?," will give a 15-minute talk at 2:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer period. Courtesy photoDirector of the Bohart Museum is Professor Jason Bond, the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and the executive associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
For more information on the Bohart Museum, access the website at https://bohart.ucdavis.edu/ or email [email protected].
