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UC Rice Blog: Article

2011 rice season comes to an end

November 15, 2011
By Luis Espino
The 2011 harvest is pretty much finished. Yield reports are starting to come in, and so far it seems that yields were OK. I've heard of growers that thought their yields were going to be much higher, but considering the rough start, are happy with the more "average" yields.
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The sign at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Some International Publicity

November 15, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, and its adjacent honey bee garden, the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, received an international shot of publicity when My Extreme Animal Phobia aired last Friday on the Animal Planet Channel.
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Newly emerged worker bee from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis.
Bug Squad: Article

A Gathering of Beekeepers

November 14, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let it bee. But the California State Beekeepers Association (CSBA) certainly won't. When the beekeepers and their affiliates gather today (Monday, Nov. 14) through Thursday, Nov.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

California Weed Science Society Journal articles

November 13, 2011
By Brad Hanson
Today I thought I'd put in a plug for the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) annual meeting to be held January 23-25, 2012 in Santa Barbara. Information on the meeting can be found in the October newsletter at: http://www.cwss.org/PDF/CWSS_Fall_2011_Newsletter.
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This was scrawled on a Briggs Hall blackboard during an annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Bugs Rule' at ESA Meeting

November 11, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Someone scrawled "Bugs Rule" on a Briggs Hall blackboard during a recent UC Davis Picnic celebration. A delightful drawing of a bug accompanied the proclamation. Bugs do rule, and they'll rule at the 59th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), to take place Nov.
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Apiculturist/bee wrangler Norman Gary, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

So, You Have This Bee Phobia...

November 10, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Are you afraid of bees? Not apiculturist Norman Gary, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis and a professional bee wrangler. He worked behind the scenes in a new Animal Planet program, My Extreme Animal Phobia, scheduled to be broadcast Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 p.m.
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Biologist Martha Weiss of Georgetown University studies Lepidopteran learning and memory.
Bug Squad: Article

Butterflies Are Good Learners

November 9, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Butterflies are good learners--just ask Martha Weiss. Weiss, associate professor of biology at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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Madagascar hissing cockroach crawls up the arm of Mick Dunning, 6, of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

For the Love of Bugs

November 8, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Where is the love for bugs?" science writer Rachel Nuwer asked in a recent article published in the New York Times. Well, there is that "ick" factor.
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Lynn Kimsey with a gigantic "warrior wasp" she discovered on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Discovering Warrior Wasps

November 7, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Lynn S. Kimsey is an entomologist, and has been one for most of her life. So begins the National Science Foundation's recent LiveScience feature on the UC Davis entomologist. It's an interesting piece.
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