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Vol. 10, No. 2 -- Summer 2012

September 19, 2012
This issue contains the following articles: Simazine Degradation in CA Citrus Orchards Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis Avocado Trunk Cankers Asphyxiation Tree Wraps Stem and Leaf Blight...
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Honey bee is snared in the web of a garden spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Let It Bee

September 18, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be --Paul McCartney When Paul McCartney of The Beatles wrote "Let It Be," released in 1970, he wasn't writing about honey bees. No, he was actually recounting what his mother (who died when he was 14) told him in a dream.
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Derek Tully (right) and fellow scout Willie Hawkins work on the fence surrounding the half-acre pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Honey of a Fence

September 17, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a honey of a garden and a honey of a fence. So agreed the visitors attending the open house and recognition ceremony last Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre pollinator garden next to the UC Davis Department of Entomology's Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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Pregnant praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Mother to Be

September 14, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ever seen a pregnant praying mantis? Someone on wikianswers.com asked the question: "What does a pregnant praying mantis look like?" The question drew only one response: "Big and fat.
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Fisheye of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia) in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Fisheye View of the Garden

September 13, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When I was teaching photography, I encouraged my students to go for the angles--from a bug's eye view to a bird's eye view. Holding a camera chest-high or at eye level renders the "same-o, same o" photos. Yet another creative way to see the world is through a fisheye lens.
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Asian Citrus Psyllid

September 13, 2012
Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Trying to stay abreast of the insect and disease it carries to citrus?
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Italian bee nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Flower Lovers: The Bees

September 13, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What do you know about bees, and what would you like to learn about them? Visit the University of California, Davis campus on Saturday, Sept. 15, and you will see (1) bee specimens from all over the world and (2) bees and other pollinators in their natural habitat.
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Worker bees--sisters--sharing nectar at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sister, Can You Spare Some Food?

September 11, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We can all learn from the honey bees. Worker bees--sisters--are like feeding machines. They not only feed each other, but feed the queen and their brothers, the drones. It's a marvelous sight to see, nectar being passed from one bee to another.
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Male European carder bee (left) targets a honey bee on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Aggressor

September 10, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Talk about aggression. Talk about bullying. Talk about power maneuvers.
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