Bug Squad

He is an EHH: Entomologist Helping Humankind. Bruce Hammock a distinguished entomology professor at the University of California, Davis, began his career trying to figure out how to control pests.

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

What's it like to be parasitized? Say you're a caterpillar or an aphid and a wasp comes along and lays her eggs inside you. Her eggs will hatch and then her offspring will eat their way out. You, the host, are no more. Zero. Zip. Zilch.

It's a cold spell. As temperatures dip throughout much of California, and honey bees snuggle inside their hives, it's "bees-ness" in southern California this week.

Thar's gold in them thar apple trees. Gold? When a rotten apple tree was cut down last week on private property in Davis, scores of eyes peered from the drilled holes.