Test PB Collection: FTE

This is the story of what may be three parasitized bumble bees. Or to put it more precisely, three Bombus melanopygus queens. Early this morning, in between dark and dawn, three black-tailed bumble bees buzzed around our porch lights.

2014 Annual Rice Grower Meetings Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension -------------- 4 Locations -------------- WHERE & WHEN Richvale: Monday, Jan. 27, 8:00 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale Glenn: Monday, Jan.

"We don't need to irrigate, it's winter." This is a commonly held idea, and many years it is true. Adequately timed rains will often meet the needs of avocado trees during the winter period, and in times like last year, even satisfy much of the spring requirement.

They're the bugs you love to hate. Bed bugs, lice, ticks, mites, fleas and mosquitoes. If you want to see and/or learn more about them, attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Snuggle Bugs" open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan.

Based on the bestselling Weeds of California and Other Western States, the Weed Pest Identification and Monitoring Cards is the perfect pocket-sized companion for anyone working in the field. These 48 cards cover the most common weeds, grouped into 8 categories for easy identification.

The South Sacramento Valley Processing Tomato Production Meeting will be held tomorrow, 1/9/2014 from 8AM to 12 noon at the Woodland Community Center (2001 East St., Woodland 95776). The agenda is attached along with PCA/CCA credit information.

A CoolClimate Map of the SF Bay Area's carbon footprint by zipcode tabulation area shows a pattern typical of large metropolitan areas: a small footprint (green) in the urban core but a large footprint (orange and red) in surrounding suburbs.

It all began at UC Davis. The highly acclaimed research published in Current Biology that cracked the 200-year secret of complementary sex determination in honey bees is rooted right here, right here at UC Davis. Arizona State University Provost Robert E. Page, Jr.

Full-time position with UC IPM, located in Davis, CA: Senior Editor Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator Application instructions and a full position description are available on the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources employment web site (ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Employment_Opportunities).

Happy New Year! Its too cold in Tulelake for field work, so Im busy summarizing 2013 research results. Today I posted a progress report on the Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) website summarizing results for our 2013 onion weed control research.