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Solitary vespid foraging ndian hawthorn at the Benicia marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Do You Brake for Wasps?

May 25, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Do you brake for wasps? We spotted a bumper sticker on the UC Davis campus the other day that read: "I brake for wasps." It was parked in the Briggs Hall loading zone--Briggs is the home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology--so I imagine it was braking for wasps right then and there.
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Ladybug looking for food on an artichoke. (Photo
Bug Squad: Article

They're Out There

May 24, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ladybugs, aka ladybird beetles, are out there. Walk through the garden and they're easy to find. Last weekend we spotted one tucked in the heart of an artichoke, another climbing a nectarine tree, and still another perched on an artichoke leaf.
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Rice planted
UC Rice Blog: Article

Crop Progress

May 24, 2011
By Luis Espino
Released May 23, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture...
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Honey bees working a hive at the University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Roughly the Same

May 23, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"How are the bees doing?" That's the question beekeepers are asked all year. Well, today the annual survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) answered that question. The response? Roughly the same.
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'When You Learn, Teach...'

May 20, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
He died too soon, a life cut short by a disease he never knew he had. It happened 14 years ago tomorrow.
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Jorge Almeida Guimarães, president of CAPES, Ministry of Education, will visit UC Davis May 23.
Bug Squad: Article

The Science of Exchanging

May 19, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A touch of Brazil and a desire to exchange science and technology... That's what will happen on the UC Davis campus Monday, May 23 when a distinguished Brazilian scientist meets with UC Davis officials and the Brazilian consulate of San Francisco.
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Honey bee foraging on buckeye blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Lovely to Look at, but...

May 18, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They're definitely attracted to it. Honey bees forage furiously on the California buckeye (Aesculus californica). It's not a good bee plant, though. It's poisonous.
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Soldier beetle (famiy Cantharidae) perched on rock purslane bud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Soldier of Fortune

May 17, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Gotta love those soldier beetles. They're among the good guys in the garden because they eat aphids and other soft-bodied insects. We've seen them on the lavender, on our nectarine tree and on our plum tree.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Registration open for Weed Science School 2011

May 17, 2011
By Gale Perez
Register now for Weed Science School 2011 Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2011 :: UC Davis Visit http://wric.ucdavis.edu and click on Weed Science School Weed Day 2011 July 14, 2011 :: UC Davis Visit http://wric.ucdavis.edu and click on Weed Day Be a Weed Day sponsor (click here.
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Rice planted
UC Rice Blog: Article

Crop Progress

May 17, 2011
By Luis Espino
Released May 16, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture...
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