"The Beetles." When you hear those two words, you think of four Liverpool musicians named John, Paul, George and Ringo. Not so at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Say "beetles" and that means insects. Lots of insects.
Kids love bugs. And they love books on bugs. One of the bug books we bought our son during his childhood was Insect World: A Childs First Library of Learning, published by Time-Life Books.
UC Davis Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty for 32 years, says this looks like a challenging year for almond growers. There's this water problem. Think "drought." There's this honey bee crisis.
