What a great line-up of speakers! The new year hasn't begun, but already assistant professors Joanna Chiu and Brian Johnson are gearing up for the UC Davis Department of Entomology's winter seminar series, set Jan. 9-March 13. All seminars will take place on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Those of us addicted to photographing honey bees hate it when the cold, rainy California weather settles in. December and January are the worst for capturing images of bees outside their hives.
Wouldn't you know it, the Argentine ant is among the last to go. Nature's Gallery, a ceramic mosaic mural installed in the UC Davis Arboretum's Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, is gathering lots of visitors--and lots of donors.
I received a press release this week from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) that I thought would be of interest to followers of the UC Weed Science blog (link above, or attached below).
I recently received an email notification about a newly identified vineyard disease called grapevine redblotch. Although this is not really a weed science issue, I thought the symptoms might be confused with other biotic and abiotic problems (such as herbicides).
It's no secret that Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, loves the water. Well, there's white-water kayaking for one. And, two, his water balloon battles.
What's that? A honey bee and a male yellowjacket on the same blossom? That's exactly what we saw Nov. 14 at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis.
"Reducing the Usage of Bee-Killing Pesticides in My Community." That's the topic--and a good one it is--of the 2013 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest, sponsored by The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees.
