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A honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bugs and Bees, Bees and Bugs

September 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bugs and bees. Bees and bugs. That's what's on the menu--or that's what's buzzing--over the next few weeks in the Davis/Berkeley area. Bugs. Saturday, Sept.
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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

UC IPM Hosts Workshop for Retailers

September 20, 2019
Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers Register now for this hands-on, train-the-trainer workshop designed especially for retail nursery and garden center employees, managers, owners, and affiliates.
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Community Pest News: Article

Invasive Mosquitoes Found in Sacramento Area

September 20, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
From the Sacramento Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2019 INVASIVE MOSQUITOES FOUND IN A NEW AREA OF CITRUS HEIGHTS Elk Grove, Ca.
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Entomologist Emily Bick at the musical stage show, "Beetlejuice." Her review appears in Entomology Today.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Emily Bick: An Entomologist's View of Beetlejuice

September 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've just received your doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, how can your family help you celebrate? If you're the kin of Emily Bick, you take her to the Broadway stage musical, Beetlejuice, in New York City.
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Most of the cannabis growers who responded to a 2018 survey reported gorwing their crop outdoors or in greenhouses, such as the hoop house shown here.
Green Blog: Article

UCCE survey results on cannabis cultivation

September 20, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
A UC Cooperative Extension survey of California registered and unregistered marijuana growers will help researchers, policy makers and the public better understand growing practices since cannabis sales, possession and cultivation first became legal for recreational use.
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photo by Trisha Rose
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Nectarines and Peaches

September 20, 2019
Around mid-summer and still now as summer is coming to an end, my favorite fruit is still in its glory. In late July our glorious local nectarines and peaches start filling the booths at the Vallejo Farmer's Market.
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Weed filled garden bed
UCCE Riverside County: Article

Loma Vista Garden Club Starting a New School Year

September 20, 2019
By Chutima H Ganthavorn
Summer is finally over and students at Loma Vista Middle School in Alvord Unified have returned to start a new school year. The student garden club held their first meeting on August 22, 2019.
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