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Water Quality Terminology

March 26, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Along with drought there are also concerns about water quality which has all kinds of weird units that area actually convertible. Here's a little guide for the principle water quality components and their conversions.
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From one hand to another: a walking stick finds a place to walk. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bugs R Us

March 25, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who wouldn't want to get up close and personal with bugs? And maybe give them a hug? Or two? Or three?
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A honey bee pollinating an orange blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Orange Blossom Special

March 24, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like oranges, you can thank a honey bee. Oranges are 90 percent dependent on honey bees for pollination. Remember that week of freezing temperatures back in December? Yes, it affected California's $2 billion citrus industry.
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Dothiorella Leaf Blight Goes to More than just Avocado

March 24, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Dothiorella leaf blight which is really a whole range of fungi that cause leaf diseases, along with cankers and wilts goes to many different host plants from citrus to Brazlian pepper to ash to redwood to palm to pittosporum to eucalyptus to pine.
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The drone fly, Eristalis tenax, is often mistaken for a bee. The fly has the letter "H" on its abdomen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Honey Bee Impostor

March 21, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's often mistaken for a honey bee. Indeed, to the untrained eye, the drone fly (Eristalis tenax) appears to be a bee. It's not; it's a fly. Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, calls the drone fly "The H Bee.
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cherimoya
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Annual Cherimoya Meeting

March 21, 2014
By Ben A Faber
California Cherimoya Association Annual Meeting 10 AM, Sunday, April 13, 2014 The Annual Meeting will be held at Hanson Agricultural Center (formerly Faulkner Farms) on the corner of Briggs Rd. and Telephone Rd. in Santa Paula. (14292 W. Telegraph Rd., Santa Paula.
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A honey bee foraging on ceanothus in the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Ah, Spring!

March 20, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a glorious day, the first day of spring, and what better time to mark the occasion by visiting the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive?
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