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Honey bee foraging on a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Everything's Coming Up Roses--and a Few Bees

May 3, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey bees aren't that much into roses. Wild roses, yes. Cultivated roses, not so much. Given a choice, they'll take the lavenders, mints and salvia (sage) over the roses any time.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

WSSA press release on the threat of herbicide resistant weeds

May 3, 2012
By Brad Hanson
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced its recent endorsement of a set of best management practices and recommendations to reduce the incidence and threat of herbicide resistant weeds to agricultural productivity.
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A monarch butterfly foraging on a Mexican sunflower in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Migratory Immunity in Monarchs

May 2, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Monarch butterflies, says Sonia Altizer, are "globally distributed and best known for undertaking a spectacular annual migration in parts of North America.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Roundup (glyphosate) damage in raspberry

May 2, 2012
By Brad Hanson, Mark P Bolda
This is a repost (with permission) of an article by Mark Bolda (UCCE Santa Cruz Co) from April 27, 2012. The original post and the Strawberry and Caneberry blog can be found at: http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.
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Honey bee foraging in a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Yule'll Like This One

May 1, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're growing a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in your yard, you won't need a stop sign or a traffic light to encourage vehicles to slow down--they will automatically when they see this spectacular plant. it's a traffic stopper.
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Common blue damselfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Like a (Blue) Needle in a Haystack

April 30, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sometimes it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The common blue damselfly or Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) is long and slender like a needle, but a jeweled blue needle.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

May 2012 Clover Lines Issue

April 30, 2012
In this issue... All-Star Project Grand Opening, Regional Field Day, Food Faire/Fashion Revue Wrap Up, County Presentation Day Results, Record Book Workshop, and much more.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Follow up // NPR series on 'superweeds'

April 30, 2012
By Gale Perez
Follow-up to Lynn Sosnoskie's 3/6/2012 UC Weed Science blog entry (http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6967) Here's the NPR story "Farmers Face Tough Choice On Ways To Fight New Strains Of Weeds" (http://www.npr.
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