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A honey bee heads for a Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi, a plant also known as "the New Zealand tea tree" or bush. Manuka honey is from Leptospermum scoparium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Buzz Over Manuka Honey

November 6, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Oh, the squabble over what is--and what is not--manuka honey. The battle is far from sweet. Manuka honey is produced in New Zealand and Australia, but New Zealand claims the manuka honey trademark. Australia says that's not fair. They want to use it, too.
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A praying mantis depositing an egg mass, ootheca. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Open House: How to Raise Insects

November 6, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Like to learn how to raise insects? Insects such as monarch butterflies, praying mantids and silkworm moths? The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology will host an open house on Arthropod Husbandry: Raising Insects for Research and Fun from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov.
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photo by Michelle Davis
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Ginkgo, The Survivor

November 6, 2019
Many years ago, Esther Blanco, Mary Gabbard and I did a short presentation for our Master Gardener class on Ginkgo trees. Here is some of what I remember: Buy male trees. Female trees produce fruit, that while edible in a tiny amount, is toxic in minimally larger amounts, and it truly stinks.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Invasive? Naturalized? Adventive?

November 6, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Species that move into new areas are known as adventive, but the word has several shades of meaning. Some scientists include deliberately introduced species, but others include only those that arrived on their own or by accident.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 11-04-2019

November 5, 2019
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 11-04-2019" ET Report 11-04-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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Spraying a strawberry field. (Photo by Christian Nansen)

Hats Off to UC Davis Ag Entomologist and Student Computer Scientists

November 5, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When UC Davis agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen wanted to develop a free smart phone application to help strawberry growers predict spray coverage to combat pests, he knew just where to go. The UC Davis Computer Science Club. And, now the three-year collaborative project is a reality.
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