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A twelve-spotted dragonfly. Libellula pulchella, perches on a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Seeing Spots--12 of Them

June 22, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The most common dragonfly in our little family bee garden is the red flameskimmer, Libellula saturata.
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Summer 2015 Volume 13 Number 2

June 22, 2015
IN THIS ISSUE: INTRODUCTION AND NEW RESEARCH Did a Newly Introduced Fukumoto Navel Budline from Spain Perform Better than the California Budline in the San Joaquin Valley? What values should olive growers use for estimating crop nitrogen removal at harvest?
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Former UC Davis staff research associate/beekeeper Billy Synk, shown in the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, has been named the director of Pollination Programs for Project Apis m. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Billy Synk: Director of PAm's Pollination Programs

June 19, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's National Pollinator Week and there's exciting news on the horizon. Staff research associate Billy Synk of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis, has been named director of Pollination Programs for Project Apis m.
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It was a mix of pollinators and people at the Pollinator Pavilion during UC Davis Picnic Day. Graduate student Rei Scampavia provided the display in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'P' is for People, Partners and Pollinators!

June 18, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's good to see all the focus on National Pollinator Week, as typified by UC Davis graduate student/native bee ecologist Margaret "Rei" Scampavia (at right) focusing on a male Valley carpenter bee. This is Xylocopa varipuncta, also known as "the teddy bear bee.
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Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus, shows visitors the inside of a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Our Bees Deserve The Best

June 17, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
This is National Pollinator Week and what better time to post some bee wisdom from Cooperative Extension apiculturist (now emeritus) Eric Mussen?
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IGIS: Article

IGIS Helps California Naturalists

June 17, 2015
By Shane T Feirer
From https://www.facebook.com/CANaturalist?fref=nf Work in progress: Associate Director Sabrina Drill has a PhD in Geography from UCLA and, with support from the UC ANR IGIS team (http://igis.ucanr.
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