Bug Squad

Congratulations to integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom, professor and former vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. He's just been named the recipient of the C. W. Woodworth Award, the highest award bestowed by the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America.

California peach blossoms are peachy keen. Especially when honey bees are foraging. The pink pastel blossoms, powder blue sky, and golden honey bees...yes, California peach orchards are blooming.

When something is a "plum," it's something desirable, whether it be a "plum" position, a "plum" assignment or a "plum" reward. With honey bees, a bee on a plum blossom is definitely a plum job. The honey bees foraging today in the Hagen-Dazss Honey Bee Haven at Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

It's indeed an honor--a sweet one. Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, was recently inducted into the California Floriculture Hall of Fame at a ceremony in San Diego. Mike Mellano Sr., of Mellano & Company, Oceanside, presented Parrella with the plaque.

The Veterans' Memorial Hall in Sebastopol is the place to "bee" on Saturday, March 19. That's when and where the fifth annual Bee Symposium will take place. And and one of the speakers is none other than MacArthur Fellow Marla Spivak, professor of apiculture at the University of Minnesota.