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Ever seen a bumble bee nest? We remember when insect enthusiast Rita LeRoy of the Loma Vista Farm, part of the Vallejo City Unified School District, found the nest of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenkii, in May of 2015.
It has been rumored that Ben Franklin proposed the turkey as the national bird and symbol of our nation. Whether this is true or not, there is evidence that Franklin thought highly of this holiday bird.
In this issue: CA Dairy Demographics.... 2 AAMP Information............. 3 Pasteurized Waste Milk...... 4 Common CA By-Products.. 5 Newsletter Editor: Jennifer Heguy UCCE Dairy Advisor Merced/ Stanislaus/San Joaquin jmheguy@ucdavis.
Gesundheit The idea of plants sneezing is mind-boggling. Plants do sneeze in a sense. When two water drops unite, surface tension is released and converted into kinetic energy that can hurl the fluid away. This effect happens only on extremely water repellent or superhydrophobic plant leaves.
In any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many functions they provide.
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardeners Program of Contra Costa County Master Gardeners' Help Desk Request: I recently moved into a home in Clayton and am very fortunate to have inherited many beautiful perennials! One, in particular, has stumped me and I was hopin...
In this season of gratitude and giving, we at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) would like to give thanks to everyone who has made a donation to UC ANR on Giving Tuesday over the past few years.