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Winter Pruning

  Winter Pruning By Jutta Thoerner  UCCE Master Gardener   “I am new to this area and used to...

Daily Life For Master Gardeners

That's No Flower By Andrea Peck   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54sZ8TFFAmY   I don't know about you, but I...

Entomologist Helping Humankind

He is an EHH: Entomologist Helping Humankind. Bruce Hammock a distinguished entomology professor at the University of...

Entomologist Bruce Hammock in his office in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Bruce Hammock in his office in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Umm, Where's the Bee?

If there's one thing that entomologists hate, it's journalists who mistake a fly for a bee. To entomologists, it's like...

A drone fly, Eristalis tenax (left), and a syrphid fly. They're from the same family, Syrphidae, and are often mistaken for honey bees.. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A drone fly, Eristalis tenax (left), and a syrphid fly. They're from the same family, Syrphidae and are often mistaken for honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee collecting pollen. Lower right: a freeloader fly.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee collecting pollen. Lower right: a freeloader fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a syrphid fly, aka flower fly or hover fly. Note the setae or bristle on the head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a syrphid fly, aka flower fly or hover fly. Note the setae or bristle on the head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

New Pesticide Resistance Online Course with Continuing Education Units

As frustrating as pests can be, there's nothing worse than finding a solution to that pest problem and rejoicing in your...

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