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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Pruning Your Roses

December 7, 2024
Hey, everybody, it is deadhead time at the Rose Corral. No, I am not talking about a gathering of slow-thinking people. Nor am I talking about followers of a famous rock group, or about delivery trucks that travel without any cargo.
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A honey bee heading toward almond blossoms. Managed bees such as bumble bees and honey bees are used to transfer a powder form of a biological control agent from flower to flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis Apiculturist: Apivectoring Defined

December 6, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Do you know what apivectoring is? Bee scientist Elina Lastro Nio, associate professor of Cooperative Extension, Apiculture, and a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) faculty, defines it in a recent edition of Bee Culture.
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Workers move cardboard boxes on the back of flatbed trucks in a lettuce field
Food Blog: Article

Will importing workers lead to importing crops?

December 6, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
A dwindling and aging agricultural workforce, coupled with higher labor costs, have added pressure on U.S. farms over the past decade. A recent study by University of California agricultural economists Alexandra Hill and James Sayre explores these changing trends in U.S.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

It's a Blooming Gift: Paperwhites

December 6, 2024
Hmm, what holiday is coming up soon? Thanksgiving, but I have not seen any Thanksgiving decorations anywhere. Halloween is over. Oh yes, it is Christmas! We have been bombarded with Christmas specials since July.
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HLB symptoms

California HLB Quarantine Area Expanded

December 6, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Agricultural officials recently expanded the areas in California quarantined for citrus greening disease [also known as huanglongbing (HLB)], which is spread by Asian citrus psyllids. The quarantined area in Orange and Riverside counties was increased by a total of approximately 31 square miles.
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