Katydids did it. When it comes to the best of the industrial-strength shredding machines, they're it. The nymphs have been feeding our Iceland poppies, chewing incredible holes in petal after petal, and then looking around for more. They leave behind what looks like shredded cabbage.
CACHUMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GROWERS AND FARMERS WATER CONSERVATION FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSH0P Agenda 8:00 Sign-In 8:15 Breakfast and Technical Displays 9:00 Grower and Funding Talks 10:40 Discussion and Monday, June 27, 2016 8:15 -11:30 am Rincon Beac...
"Honey is bee vomit!" "Honey is bee barf!" How many times have you heard that? Strong-willed arguments flash rapidly, pointedly and furiously, much like guard bees defending their colony in the fall from would-be robbers.
No matter where they grow in California, June is a month when avocados are being watered on a regular schedule. How regular that schedule is should be carefully reviewed by the irrigator.
Some folks refer to them as "those big, black scary bumble bees." They're not bumble bees. They're not scary. But well, they ARE big. About an inch long. The Valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) is the largest bee in California. The female is solid black with metallic wings.
The seven speakers who addressed the UC Davis Zika Public Awareness Symposium on Thursday, May 26 in Giedt Hall, UC Davis campus, sounded an alarm that needs to be heard, heeded and spread.
