Ongoing research

Curiosity didn't kill the 'cat. An aggressive 'cat did. We were delighted to find 10 monarch caterpillars (the first of the year!) on our narrowleaf milkweed a couple of weeks ago in our Vacaville pollinator garden--but not so delighted to see what happened to one of them.

The yellowjacket image we used for a recent publication is selected as the cover photo for August 2018 issue of Journal of Economic Entomology. (D.-H. Choe, K. Campbell, M. S. Hoddle, J. Kabashima, M. Dimson, and M. K. Rust. 2018.

With the new school year in full swing, UC CalFresh has taken the time to provide students with healthy messages in their school cafeterias! Nutrition corners have been posted in all Hanford Unified elementary schools.

Most people are familiar with a red pomegranate variety called 'Wonderful', which is commonly sold in most nurseries.

The Citrus Research Board is celebrating 50 years of careful scientific study to improve the sustainability of the California citrus industry, worth more than $7 billion per year.

Did you happen to see the nice callout in Western Farm Press that UC ANR received? The piece cited the important work that personnel around the state do to provide science and support to the agriculture community.

Native Pollinators of California Avocado as Affected by Introduced Pollinator Gardens Which Way World Avocados?

Myriam Acevedo, no recuerda con certeza que lleg primero a su vida de nia, si las zapatillas para bailar la Salsa, que le encanta hasta la fecha, o las muecas con las que jugaba a la mam, todo es parte de su cultura en su natal Puerto Rico.

Photographer Allan Jones of Davis exudes patience, skill and talent from the moment he enters the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden operated by the University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology on Bee Biology Road.

It's 99 degrees outside and I am pooped! The only chores on my list for today were moving and spraying the suckering growth around the base of my olive tree a joke on a neighbor's wrong id of the African Sumac tree in my front yard.