When the annual California Ag Day takes place Wednesday, March 21 on the west side of the California State Capitol grounds, Sacramento, expect to see a lot of happy faces. This year's overall theme is "Know Your California Farmer.
It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and time for "The Wearing of the Green." "The Wearing of the Green" is actually an Irish street ballad dating back to the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The author: anonymous. The color of choice: green.
If you've ever watched spiders trap their prey in their sticky webs, you've probably wondered: "Why don't spiders stick to their own webs?" We've watched countless spiders trap honey bees, syrphid flies and other hapless critters in their webs.
Okay, what's the heaviest insect in the world? The longest? The fastest runner? The fastest flying insect? The loudest? The smallest? The insect with the greatest wingspan?
The news headlines screamed "immoral" and "promiscuous." The story was not about a red light district or "Ladies of the Night" or even linked to humans. It was about honey bee queens. "Ladies of the Day," if you will.
