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Ever watched an in-flight honey bee packing her load of pollen? A foraging bee carries her ball-like load of pollen on her hind legs and continually moistens it with a little nectar. The size and shape changes as she works.

The University of California is in the process of hiring a Cooperative Extension Rice Specialist. Two applicants have been selected as final candidates, and as part of the interview process, they will be giving an Extension Seminar.

It was a gorgeous day to be out in an almond orchard. Staff research associate Billy Synk of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis was out tending the research bees earlier placed in two Dixon almond orchards.

High priced district water in San Diego County is really making it tough on citrus growers. Many of the citrus growers in San Diego County are finding it increasingly difficult to make a profit, but they usually stick it out for several years before they turn the water off.

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Nymph of the Virginia creeper leafhopper (VCLH), Erythroneura ziczac. It is a new invasive pest on grapes. (Photo by Mike Poe, UC IPM) The influx of invasive species has been on the rise in the last decade.

Saline Waters - A Growing Problem Ben Faber Irrigated agriculture must always contend with salts, but two years without rain and a dry winter forecast, salt is an even more important issue. We rely on winter rainfall to leach the salts from root zones that have accumulated from previous irrigations.

Exciting research today out of the University of California, Davis.

The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses, 2nd Edition By Bruce Shaffer, Nigel Wolstenholme and Anthony Whiley This brand new book summarizes avocado science and technology and reviews production practices on a worldwide scale.

The Spirit of the Hive: The Mechanisms of Social Evolution. That's the title of a newly published book written by Robert E. Page Jr., one of the world's foremost honey bee geneticists.