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Monarch butterfly lands on the American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue! (And Other Colors, Too)

November 11, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue! Today is Veterans' Day, honoring and celebrating our U.S. military veterans. When I think of Veterans' Day, I think of all my ancestors, from the Revolutionary War on down, who answered our country's call for service.
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Moment of freedom--a female monarch is released. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Mid-Life Chrysalis

November 10, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A mid-life chrysalis? Well, maybe not mid-life, but definitely out of season. A female monarch butterfly eclosed today in our little indoor butterfly habitat. Two weeks ago, we rescued the caterpillar from a narrow-leafed milkweed plant in our Vacaville pollinator garden and brought it inside.
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UC IPM online courses offer continuing education units

November 10, 2015
By Luis Espino
Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)? The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.
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UC IPM online courses offer DPR/SPCB continuing education units

November 10, 2015
By Cheryl A Reynolds
Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)? The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.
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IGIS: Article

2005-2015: A decade of intense innovation in mapping

November 9, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
The GIF began in November 2015 on a wave of excitement around geospatial technology. In the months leading up to our first GIS Day in 2005, Google Maps launched, then went mobile; Google Earth launched in the summer; and NASA Blue Marble arrived.
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UC IPM online courses offer continuing education units

November 9, 2015
Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)? The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.
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Varroa mite (beneath wing) feeding on a forager (worker bee) as it's nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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In the Shift from Nurse Bees to Foragers...

November 9, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever thought about the honey bee colony, the transition of nurse bees to foragers? What all is involved? There's exciting news today out of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Califoirnia, Davis.
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