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A Caution on Free Mulch

October 23, 2013
By Ben A Faber
The polyphagous shothole borers (Euwallacea sp.) that spread fungal diseases (Fusarium sp. and possibly Graphium sp.) to susceptible trees in Los Angeles County have now been found in mid and northern Orange County and western San Bernardino County.
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Valley carpenter bee foraging on a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Behold, the Gold!

October 22, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you visit the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, be sure to check out the passionflower vine clinging to the fence. You'll see female Valley carpenter bees (Xylocopa varipuncta) seemingly speckled with gold dust.
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Post American fire imagery

October 22, 2013
By Maggi Kelly
Check out these images from after the American fire, from the WorldView 2 satelllite from our northern SNAMP site. The blue boundary is our SNAMP site. This background imagery is a pan-sharpened WV2 image (0.5 meters, channels 7, 5, 3).
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Norm Gary's bee cluster in the middle of a sunflower field in Winters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Ultimate Swarms

October 21, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was blazing hot that summer day in Winters, Calif. The date: July 22, 2012. The place: a sunfiower field in Winters, Calif.
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Signs of Avocado Root Rot

October 21, 2013
By Ben A Faber
In the last two weeks Ive been out to see groves that have root rot, yet the growers did not recognize the signs. Two years of drought and use of salt loaded water have put stress on trees and made them more susceptible to root rot.
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The world's largest hornet next to a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Now That's Huge!

October 18, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The world's largest hornet (Vespa mandarinia) is huge. Just how huge? We photographed a two-inch specimen last week at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. Among the insect musem's nearly eight million specimens is the giant hornet.
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Vol. 11, No. 3, Sept 2013

October 17, 2013
In this issue: Olive Tree Phenology Training and Pruning of Cherimoya High Density Avocado Installation: Use a quick cost study to make a decision Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Pesticides...
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Agritourism Course

October 17, 2013
By Ben A Faber
AGRITOURISM INTENSIVE: A class for Ventura region farmers and ranchers offered by UC Cooperative Extension Ventura, Ventura County Farm Bureau, the UC Small Farm Program, Oxnard Convention and Visitors Bureau, and other local partners Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or...
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