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Cultivate planting beds lightly to prevent weed germination.TasksMonitor rainfall and adjust automatic sprinklers accordingly. If rainfall is adequate, warm-season grasses require no supplemental irrigation.Spray stone-fruit, apple, pear, nut, and flowering trees and roses with dormant oil spray.Now that the…

 When you sit down at your Thanksgiving table today, thank the bees.“A substantial portion of the meal is pollinated by the honey bee,” the late Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022), a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty and a noted authority on honey bees, told us…

 How to keep honey bees healthy...UC Davis alumnus and Honey bee specialist Richard Martinez of the E. L. Niño lab will present his exit seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on Wednesday, Dec. 3 in Room 122 of Briggs Hall.Martinez, who received his master's degree in…

Research Brief • November 2025 • Download PDF (331 KB)BackgroundThe California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP) provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shoppers with matching funds for the purchase of fruits and vegetables (FV) primarily at farmers’ markets. [i] In a 2022 study,…