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Natural history photographer Clay Bolt photographs Wallace’s Giant See in its nest. The bee nests in active termite mounds in the North Moluccas, Indonesia. (Copyright Simon Robson)
Bug Squad: Article

In Search of the World's Biggest Bee: How It Came to 'Bee'

February 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Imagine you're in an Indonesian rainforest and a humongous bee, with a wingspan of two and a half inches, flies over your head. The world's largest bee, known as Wallace's Giant Bee (Megachile pluto), considered extinct since 1981, lives. It's not extinct, after all. You probably read the news.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

March 2019

February 26, 2019
2019 County 4-H Fashion Revue NEW this year - Presentation/Leadership Requirement for Fair Participation Bi-County Event Opportunities 4-H Craft Day Pictures State Leadership Conference 2019 Equine Education Day State Field Day 4-H Calendar Bok Kai Parade Sutter-Yuba 4-H Senior Scholarships NEW Civi...
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Maria Alfaro, UC IPM pesticide safety education trainer, leads a train the trainer workshop.
ANR Employee News: Article

OPIC offers UC ANR pesticide policy trainings

February 25, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination (OPIC) is offering its annual UC ANR pesticide policy update trainings. These trainings are intended for campus, field station and county-based UC ANR personnel who apply experimental pesticides either on UC property or on cooperators' land.
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UCCE in the County of San Luis Obispo: Article

How to Control California Ground Squirrels

February 25, 2019
Please see the attached flyer with information about 2019 How to Control California Ground Squirrels to be held on March 26 in San Luis Obispo! AGENDA 08:30-08:45 Registration, Welcome 08:45-09:45 David Headrick, Ph.D.
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