So you're thinking of become a commercial beekeeper and renting your colonies to almond growers. California currently grows some 900,000 acres of almonds, and each acre requires two colonies for pollination. A friend gave you some old bee boxes.
Colusa Children's Services Family Fair Saturday April 11, 10-2 Colusa County Fairgrounds Bring your kids and grandkids for lots of family fun. The UCCE Master Gardeners of Colusa County will have their table there. The kids will be making "chia" heads.
A recent find in El Dorado County has weed scientists, land managers, foresters, botanists, and plant conservationists throughout Northern California really excited over a tiny insect-like animal.
Bees and other pollinators may have a tough time during the fourth year of California's severe drought, as they search for nectar and pollen. Expect to see many plants wither, wilt and die due to the "D" word, "Drought." Gov.
Identifying nontarget crop and ornamental plant damage from herbicides has become much easier with the launch of a new online photo repository by the Statewide IPM Program, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Today I went to a great D-Lab Workshop on Demographic Mapping Tools. Berkeley's GIS and Map Librarian, Susan Powell walked us through the use of several very easy to use mapping tools available through UC Berkeley. Both are really great for quickly visualizing data from many different sources.
If you like to see lady beetles devouring aphids or assassin bugs piercing spotted cucumber beetles, then you'll love the workshop taking place Saturday, April 11 in rural Zamora, Yolo County. That's not to say you'll see beneficial insects doing their thingbut you might.
This is a course that was developed for vineyards but it works for any crop. http://www.vineyardteam.org/resources/onlinecontinuingeducation.php Online Courses are now available for obtaining continuing education (CE) credits approved by the Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR).
