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A drone (male bee) emerging. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Keeping Bees

August 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So you want to keep bees in your backyard... When do you start? What should you do? Newly retired Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, continues to field questions.
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Graduate Certificate in GIST up and running

August 18, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
The UC Berkeley Graduate ?Certificate ?in? Geographic ?Information ?Science ?and? Technology? (GIST)? has been approved, and is up and running. This certificate will provide? an ?academic? structure ?for ?an ?interdisciplinary ?exchange ?of? ideas ?around? geospatial? information ?and ?analysis.
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Two Gulf Fritillary caterpillars meet on a stem after having munched all the leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Strippers

August 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We have strippers. Not anything to do with that thriving business known as "The Strip Club" in Las Vegas.
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University of California IPM Green Bulletin

August 18, 2014
By Ben A Faber
The UC IPM Green Bulletin is a very useful guide to many things pest, weed and disease management. The latest edition is now out. Check it out. www.ipm.ucdavis.
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Honey bee heading toward tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
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Celebrate the Bees on National Honey Bee Day!

August 15, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you appreciate honey bees--particularly their pollination services--then you should thank them. Not just on National Honey Bee Day, which is Saturday, Aug. 16, but every day. This year's theme is Sustainable Gardening Begins with Honey Bees.
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Google Geo for Higher Education Summit 2014

August 14, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Just got back from an amazing workshop with the Google Earth Outreach Geo Team and 50+ geospatial educators, researchers, and lab managers! In between stealing off on the colorful google bikes and spending time wandering the amazing Google campus, we engaged each other in discussions of integrating...
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Jar of lavender honey rests next to the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center's Honey Flavor Wheel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Taste of Honey

August 14, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey connoisseur Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, opens the jar of lavender honey from France and sniffs the aroma. She breathes in deeply. The "miel de lavande" produced by "apiculteur Marc Agnel" is creamed, as most lavender honeys are, she says.
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