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Annual Cherimoya Meeting

March 21, 2014
By Ben A Faber
California Cherimoya Association Annual Meeting 10 AM, Sunday, April 13, 2014 The Annual Meeting will be held at Hanson Agricultural Center (formerly Faulkner Farms) on the corner of Briggs Rd. and Telephone Rd. in Santa Paula. (14292 W. Telegraph Rd., Santa Paula.
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A honey bee foraging on ceanothus in the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ah, Spring!

March 20, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a glorious day, the first day of spring, and what better time to mark the occasion by visiting the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive?
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First Day of Spring Fun

March 20, 2014
Greetings all. I'll get back to some serious posts, soon. However, I thought I would celebrate the turning of the seasons with song. Nerdy songs. Songs only a scientist could love. FYI, some of these come with annoying commercials that you need to skip...Enjoy.
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Herbicide resistant weeds in your neighborhood

March 20, 2014
By Gale Perez
From the Topics in Subtropics blog :: July 5, 2013 It is not always easy to kill weeds with herbicides for several reasons, but if you apply the right material at the right time to susceptible weeds you expect control. But you should never assume it, because resistant weeds rely on this assumption.
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White House Launches new Climate Data Initiative...

March 20, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
We are in the lovely Indian Treaty room.And we were there! Kevin and I went to the White House (here is photographic proof.) The Presidents Climate Data Initiative was launched March 18th with the tagline: Empowering Americas Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change.
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Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR, "talks bees" with Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Buzz on California Agriculture Day

March 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The bees weren't all that buzzed at the 2014 California Agriculture Day, celebrated today (March 19) on the west lawn of the California State Capitol. The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) and the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association (SABA) staffed a beekeeping booth from 10 a.m.
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