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Make Way for the New Beekeepers!

February 19, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Make way for the new beekeepers! Or "beeks," as they fondly call themselves in the apiary industry. A short course on "Planning Ahead for Your First Hive" drew an enthusiastic group of prospective beekeepers last Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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Hops in Your Future? Hop into Workshop on How to Grow Them.

February 19, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Growing Hops on the North Coast of California, but Could Apply to other Parts of the State Learn what it takes to produce hops for the micro-brew industry Saturday March 26th - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm SRJC Shone Farm Pavilion 7450 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville, CA 95436 $45 when registering on-line in ad...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Australian weeds

February 19, 2016
By Gale Perez
A little something Brad Hanson shared with us... Australia town consumed by 'hairy panic' weed http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35600546 This is to follow up on Guy's Russian thistle tornado article from a few months ago.
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Bug Squad: Article

About Those Bee Hive Thefts

February 18, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"As bees vanish, bee heists multiply!" screamed a Feb 16th headline in The Washington Post. So true.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Turfgrass: To Keep or Not to Keep?

February 17, 2016
By Gale Perez
After four years of drought, turfgrass has taken a beating. Some people have turned off the waterthe turf has turned into a few patches of grass, but mostly weeds, if anything is growing at all (Figure 1.
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