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Irrigation Information Sources

July 15, 2016
By Ben A Faber
In a recent meeting the topic of where to go for irrigation information came up. Well there's no substitute for attending a class in irrigation, such as offered at Cal Poly SLO (http://www.itrc.org/classes/iseclass.htm , but here's some written sources to get you started thinking. http://ciwr.ucanr.
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Bug Squad: Article

Show Me the Honey!

July 14, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Show me the honey! If you're a beekeeper in the United States and folks rave about your honey, then you'll want to enter the annual Good Food Awards event. You'll have a chance to win awards--and bragging rights.
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Bug Squad: Article

Find the Praying Mantis!

July 13, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's early evening and the bees are all over the blanket flower (Gaillardia). But wait, if you look closely, you'll see a tiny sticklike figure on top of a seed head. It's a predator on top his world, scanning the view, feeling the buzz and looking for dinner.
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Bug Squad: Article

Love Out of the Blue

July 12, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Birds do it...bees do it... You've probably seen the territorial male European carder bees on patrol. They dart through the stems of a nectar treasure, such as bluebeard (Caryopteris 'Blue Mist'), knocking off all floral visitors. They're trying to save the nectar for their girls, perchance to mate.
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Bug Squad: Article

To Kill a Honey Bee

July 11, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How times change with the advancement of knowledge. It's long been known that when honey beesas well as other insectsget trapped in the milkweed's pollinia, or sticky mass of pollen, many perish when they are unable to free themselves.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science Advisor position

July 11, 2016
By Brad Hanson
Links to job posting for a UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science Advisor position. The University of California is seeking candidates for the position of "Area CE Advisor - Low Desert Weed Science". The position will be located in Holtville and will serve Imperial and Riverside Counties.
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