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When a biocontrol agent turns on you, it can be painful. Recently a grower called in asking about an insect that had bit him when he picked it up. It caused a fearsome pain and some swelling.

UC IPM Staff Writer Celebrate 2018 Honey Bee Day Celebrate National Honey Bee Day by brushing up on your knowledge of bee protectioncheck out the newly revised Best Management Practices to Protect Bees from Pesticides and Bee Precaution Pesticide Ratings from UC IPM.

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At a recent grower meeting at South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine, Carol Lovatt gave a talk on the use of gibberellic acid to increase avocado fruit set and yield. The registration for the use only occurred this spring, barely in time for growers to use it, so not many applied it.

Wildlife isn't always restricted to wild spaces. Avocado orchards and other agricultural landscapes also buzz with species that forage and reproduce in these spaces.