Ongoing research

Want to learn the basics of beekeeping from a team of experts, including scientists from the University of California, Davis, at a two-day conference set Feb.

Tada There are some new pest management guidelines out from UC ANR. This is a free publication and you access it as a web page or downloadable PDF document.

Everything's coming up bees! A number of eminent bee scientists will be speaking soon at UC Davis. They include David Tarby, Gene Robinson and Dennis vanEngelsdorp. David Tarpy, Wednesday, Feb.

The Monterey County Cattlemen's Association will be having their Spring Meeting on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at the King City Fairgrounds Pavilion Building from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. San Benito and San Luis Obispo County ranchers are invited, too! Click here for the Spring Meeting flyer.

It's not spring yet, but don't tell that to the pollinators at the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. We traveled to the state park on Monday, Jan. 25 to see if we could find a bumble bee foraging on the jade blossoms. Or more specifically, the black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus.

It's getting to look a lot like...February. When you see honey bees foraging on the early blooming oxalis, that's a sure sign that February is approaching. And that means it's time for some mead, music and a bee-influenced dinner.

You come on a leaf with the margins munched on. It's got to be a beetle or a looper or some insect doing the damage, right? Not necessarily. It's not time to drag out the Raid. Look at the damage closely.

As a farm advisor many growers will ask, What is that in my grove- horseweed or fleabane? These two weeds have been running rampant in Southern California, as well as other parts of the state and can be seen in every cropping system imaginable.

Youve heard that millions of Californias trees have died from drought and bark beetles. Weakened by lack of water due to four consecutive years of drought, over 29 million conifers and hardwood trees were unable to fight off attacks from bark beetles and died.

California Backyard Poultry Census By: Myrna Cadena Survey based and anecdotal observations demonstrate that backyard poultry ownership is increasing nationally and in California. At the same time, California's ability to provide resources to backyard poultry owners is limited.