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Register for Weedy Rice Workshops 2017

July 10, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
August 9, 9:00 am-12:00 pm New Earth Market Harvest Room 1475 Tharp Road, Yuba City August 10, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Colusa Casino 3770 Hwy 45, Colusa In the workshops, UCCE will give updates on the current weedy rice situation and research being conducted in California. Dr.
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There's an Assassin in Your Garden

July 7, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ever seen assassination attempts in your garden? They are not pretty if you're the prey. Neither are the successful attempts. Take the Zelus renardii, aka the leafhopper assassin bug. They've been hanging out in our nectarine tree, cosmos, passionflower vine and Cleveland sage.
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Want to Try Your Hand at Maggot Art?

July 6, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to try your hand at Maggot Art? If you've ever visited Briggs Hall during the annual campuswide Picnic Day at the University of California, Davis, you probably know about Maggot Art, an arts-and-crafts activity that fuses entomology with art.
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2017 Date Field Day: A Success!

July 5, 2017
By Sonia I Rios
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE), UC Riverside, United States Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service (USDA/ARS), and the California Date Commission hosted a Date Field Day on February 15, 2017 at the UC Riverside Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station...
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Dragonfly vs. Bee: Catch of the Day

July 5, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The red flameskimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) waits oh-so-patiently atop a bamboo stick at the edge of the pollinator garden. She's in Vacaville, Calif.
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Bumble Buzzing Pollen Gathering

July 5, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Imagine going to the supermarket to stock up on groceries but coming home empty-handed because you just couldn't figure out how to work the shopping cart or figure out how to get to the ice cream tubs in the freezer aisle. Welcome to the life of a bumblebee.
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Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

July 4, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's the Fourth of July, and amid our celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago on July 4, 1776 and our glorious nation, we celebrate the red, white and blue--the colors of our flag.
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California Olives and the Mystery of Santa Cruz Island

July 3, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Recent advances in understanding the history of olive domestication Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare and Kings Counties Olives are thought to have first been domesticated in the northeastern Levant, an area near the border of present-day Turkey and Syria. Map captured from Google Maps.
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