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Gene Brandi (left), president of the American Beekeeping Federation and Joan Gunter, president of the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, with Founders' Award recipient Eric Mussen.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

'Pro-Bee' Eric Mussen Receives Founders' Award at ABF Conference

January 18, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
For 38 years, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen did everything he could to help the honey bees. I am basically all pro-bee; whatever I can do for bees, I do it, Mussen told the American Bee Journal in a two-part interview published in 2011.
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Kern County: Article

4-H Central Youth Summit Pillowcase and Sock Drive

January 18, 2018
From the organizers of the Central Youth Summit: As our annual community service project, we are holding a sock drive for a local charity, so please bring some socks to donate. We are also collecting donations of cotton fabrics of 3/8 yard or larger to make pillowcases for foster children.
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Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

A Thought on the Integration of Automation in Berries

January 18, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
Just started reading the book Machine Platform Crowd which is about the second phase of this machine age. Great read, but what is striking is the summary of electrification and its initial slow uptake in factories.
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photo by Martha White
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Front Yard Update

January 18, 2018
A year and a half ago, I decided to take out my scruffy grass in the front yard and replace it with low maintenance plants, drip irrigation, and landscaping materials. I designed the planted areas, and, after, much research, selected the plants and purchased them.
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SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

Field Crops Meeting Materials Posted to Web

January 17, 2018
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
On Friday, January 12th, I hosted the annual SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting in Stockton, CA. The presentations from that meeting have now been posted to my website and are available here.
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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint last summer in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

January 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've been looking for that cabbage white butterfly in the three-area county of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano to win UC Davis Professor Art Shapiro's "Beer for a Butterfly" contest, there's still hope. Shapiro hasn't found it, either.
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UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Article

Beekeeping in Orange County

January 17, 2018
Interested in learning about Backyard Beekeeping in Orange County? The UCCE Master Gardeners of Orange County are presenting a class with an introduction and overview on beekeeping. The class will be presented on 2 different dates. Get More Information And Register Today.
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