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Honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Crunch Time: Almond Conference Dec. 9-11

December 4, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's crunch time. Officials organizing the 42nd annual Almond Conference are gearing up for their three-day event, which takes place Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Thursday, Dec. 11 in the Sacramento Convention Center.
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Colusa County: Article

December 2014

December 4, 2014
Winter Fruit Tree workshop Rose Pruning workshop 2015 Calendar available Need a Gift for the Holidays?
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Diane Ullman looking over students' work. The colorful bee boxes were then moved over to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology operates the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Diane Ullman: An Honor Well Deserved

December 3, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
An honor well deserved. Diane Ullman, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, is known for her innovative, multidisciplinary teaching strategies that connect science and art programs.
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IGIS: Article

NASA NEX wins the 2014 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Award

December 3, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Congratulations to the NASA NEX Team! They have won the 2014 HPCwire Readers & Editors Choice Award for the Best Data-Intensive System (End User focused). See the article here: NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Platform supports dozens of data-intensive projects in Earth sciences.
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Retired marine fisheries specialist Chris DeWees fuses art with science.
Bug Squad: Article

Mayflies, Fish and the Fusion of Art and Science

December 2, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
This week while searching through backyard photos, I came across a mayfly I photographed on July 1, 2012 on our flowering artichoke. It looked like a little ol' man skiing through a purple landscape of spiked petals.
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Honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Mid-Winter Beekeepers' Feast

December 1, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"It is the middle of winter," writes Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center. "Pink and white buds are just peeking out on the burnished branches of the almond trees all over central California. It is just the beginning of spring.
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Jeff Mitchell receives $5,000 grant from Monsanto.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Grant funds new high school ag sustainability courses

December 1, 2014
By Diana Nix
Plant Sciences' Jeff Mitchell received a $5,000 grant recently from the agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto to support a program of high school activities aimed at sustainability.
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A Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) nectaring on lantana on Black Friday. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Black Friday? No, Butterfly Friday

November 28, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What did you do on Black Friday? Did you spend the night camped out in front of a store? Or did you join the throngs of people who left home in the wee hours of the morning for the doorbuster deals or stayed on your computer for the online onslaughts?
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