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Monarchs: Should They Go or Should They Stay?

November 15, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So here we are, planning a long-awaited 113-mile trip from Solano County to Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, to admire and photograph the overwintering monarch butterflies. Then it happened.
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Let's Hear It for the Bees and Beekeepers

November 14, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let's hear it for the honey bees. Right now they're scrambling to gather nectar and pollen from the blanket flower, Gaillardia. You could say they're blanketing the flower. When resources are scarce in the fall, the blanket flower, in the sunflower family Asteraceae, draws them in.
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How the Bees Helped Save America

November 11, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Today, on Veterans' Day, we pay tribute to our military veterans and those serving in our U.S. Armed Forces. It's appropriate to think of America's first veterans from 261 years ago--the patriots who fought in the American Revolutionary War, also known as The War of Independence (1755-1783).
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NASA develops growth model for invasive aquatic plants

November 10, 2016
By Guy Kyser
Scientists at NASA Ames have created a new computer model to simulate the growth and decay of floating aquatic invasive plants, such as water hyacinth and water primrose, on Delta waterways. The model is used to estimate biomass levels throughout the year.
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Monarchs Lovin' the Lantana, One Sip at a Time

November 9, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What amazing journeys! For the last two months, migratory monarch butterflies have regularly stopped for flight fuel in our 600-square-foot pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. to nectar on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia), butterfly bush (Buddleia) and Lantana.
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How to Attract an Ambrosia Beetle that Attacks Avocado and Sycamore

November 9, 2016
By Ben A Faber
There's a lot of work being done in Florida on a pest/disease complex like we have here with Shot Hole Borer and Fusarium fungus Fusarium Dieback. This hits avocados and a lot of other native trees like sycamore, willow and coast live oak.
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