Ongoing research

There's a waiting list for Susan Cobey's specialized bee classes at the University of California,Davis. That says a lot about the demand for bee stock improvement and for Cobey's teachings. Cobey, bee breeder-geneticist at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

Zombies! What do you think of when someone says "zombies?" Students sitting inattentively in class? A souless body? Or a honey bee infested with parasitic flies? A Zombie, according to Wikipedia, is a term used "to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means, such as witchcraft.

As wildland weed management and eradication projects fall to the economic hatchet, one vital program continues as a standout---preventing the introduction and spread of invasive weeds can yield a lot of bang for the buck! Invasive weed seeds and other reproductive parts are often moved to new locati...

If you let your bok choy go to seed, what a treat for the honey bees. The mild unseasonable weather and blooming bok choy--perfect for foraging honey bees searching for food in January. Mother Nature may fool them. Bok choy does not.

Recently a six-year old W. Murcott orchard was evaluated for causes of tree decline. A high percentage of the trees exhibited damage to the bark of the tree generally from the soil line up 6-8 inches. (Fig.2) In some instances the tree had been almost totally girdled.

It all started with Robert Kimsey's fly research on Alcatraz Island.

Agricultural spray adjuvants are materials added to the spray tank when loading the sprayer. They include products classified as activator adjuvants and marketed as wetters/spreaders, stickers, humectants, and/or penetrators.

The names are delightful. There's a fairy moth named Adela thorpella. Its namesake: native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. Who wouldn't want to be Adela thorpella? The name just rolls off the tongue.

This issue of Topics in Subtropics contains the following articles: Vertebrate Damage Chemical Thinning of Olives Tips on Producing the Earliest Early Citrus in the San Joaquin Valley Herbicide Registration Chart Resource and Market Information for Enterprise Selection...

Pop goes the Pieris. So wrote professor Art Shapiro of the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology from his office in Storer Hall. Yes, he won his own contest again.