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New VTM photo reshot from Joyce - check it!

October 7, 2013
By Maggi Kelly
The latest from Joyce. This photo is "looking southwest from point on highway between Drytown and Amador. Cattle ranch headquarters surrounded by grassland without a brush problem. Amador Co.
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This is the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia. (Photo by Terry Prouty, courtesy of Wikpedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hornetboy1970)
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On the Trail of the Giant Hornet

October 4, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A hornets nest is nothing like a bee in the bonnet. You dont want to mess with hornets, especially the world's largest hornet, found in many parts of Asia.
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Sunflower bee, Melissodes agilis, on sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Color Them Beautiful

October 3, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A brilliant sunflower clinging to the red ring of autumn. And here comes a common sunflower bee, Melissodes agilis (this is a female, as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis.
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ACP adult and nymph
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Asian Citrus Psyllid Popping up in the San Joaquin Valley

October 3, 2013
By Ben A Faber
It shouldnt be news to local citrus growers and industry people that the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is being found with increasing frequency in the southern San Joaquin Valley. If this is news to you please follow the website at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/acp/ and/or sign up for U.C.
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Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Queen of the Queen Bees

October 2, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Great to see the Wall Street Journal feature bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey in its Oct. 1st piece, "A Scientist Teaches Drones and Queens the Birds and the Bees." Sue Cobey is world renowned for her work in trying "to build a better bee.
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Farm Budget Generator 2011 Workbook and User's Guide

October 2, 2013
By Etaferahu Takele
Agricultural producers are constantly engaged in evaluating and analyzing their costs of production and returns to measure profitability and develop efficient production management strategies because of continually rising costs.
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