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Boys' Night Out--Five male longhorned bees, Melissodes agilis, sleeping on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Boys' Night Out: Let's Have a Slumber Party!

June 30, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let's have a slumber party! Don't bring a pillow, a night-cap or an attitudeit's Boys' Night Out and we're sleeping outside on the flowers. That's what the male longhorned bees, Melissodes agilis, do while the females return to their underground nests at night.
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

The Lazy Gardener: Better Plants with Less Work

June 30, 2021
If you long for a lovely landscape and bountiful baskets of homegrown vegetables, you might be surprised to learn that doing less can actually result in a healthier, more productive garden.
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Master Food Preservers San Bernardino County: Article

No Marmalade Woes Here

June 30, 2021
I say good for the young woman below! Thank you, Darrell, for passing the below to me to post here. I wish I could taste it. Having trouble with your Orange Marmalade? Try harder. This 9 y/o won Double Gold on her first try. Deemed World's Best over 3000 other competitors. https://www.cbc.
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Szechuan sage-photo from Flowers by the Sea
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Szechuan Sage

June 30, 2021
This sage is from China like many of the sages we have in our garden-and love. It grows in the mountains of China, like some of the sages from China, it has no botanical name. To give this sage and others a botanical name is very difficult and expensive.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Spotted Wing Drosophila Controlled? Naturally?

June 30, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are working to understand how something can be equally effective as both a government-approved food additive and as a pesticide. Methyl benzoate is a naturally occurring compound produced by plants. The U.S.
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