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By: Carey Gillam, Reuters Honey bees, critical agents in the pollination of key U.S. crops, disappeared at a staggering rate over the last year, according to a new government report that comes as regulators, environmentalists and agribusinesses try to reverse the losses.

Did you see that amazing time-lapse video of honey bee development by Anand Varma on the National Geographic website? Varma's time-lapse video of 2500 images vividly shows the development of eggs to pupae to adults. He captured the video at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

This is a summary of a presentation that I made at the 2015 CWSS Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA, last January. Introduction: We love our smart phones. REALLY LOVE THEM. Most of us have them (or will soon have them).

Naming a child or a pet takes some major thought and requires some major decisions. Naming our son was easy. We opted for family names handed down 200 years ago. A puppy? When we acquired a half-St.

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There is an increasing use of high stature plastic tunnels (macro-tunnels) to grow high value crops, such as raspberries, blueberries, vegetables and flowers. This is even in relatively frost free environment, such as coastal California.

When you see dieback in an avocado it could be due to several reasons, and here are three very common causes of dieback, one of which has been especially common when there is little rain. The first major cause of dieback is an overgrown tree where there is no light that penetrates into the canopy.

Kelly turned us on to this plugin from Google. Each time you get a new tab on your browser, you get treated to a new picture of the earth! But, check this one out: From Drebkau, Germany.

Christian Nansen, the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's new agricultural entomologist will talk about his exciting research on "Remote Sensing and Smart Use of Fertilizers to Manage Pests" at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 14 in Room 2045 of Bainer Hall, UC Davis campus.

Many researchers have attempted to identify the magic combination of elements needed to control the cover and spread of Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae), an invasive winter annual grass.