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ONE: A sole honey bee visits a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Going for the Roses

December 13, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Just call it going for the roses. Or a hot spot. In between the showers and the sunshine, the bees at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, emerge from their hives to forage.
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E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Label amendment approved for Rimon 0.83EC

December 13, 2012
Novaluron (Rimon 0.83 EC, Chemtura USA Corp, Middlebury, CT) is a popular insecticide used by the strawberry growers for managing nymphal stages of the lygus bug.
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Sign at the entrance to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis depicts honey bees, a skep, DNA and almond blossoms. It is the work of Donna Billick of Davis (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'A' Is for Almonds; 'B' is for Bees

December 12, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's the Big 4-0 for the Almond Board of California's annual almond industry conference this week. Some 1000 convention-goers are gathering in the Sacramento Convention Center. The 40th annual conference opened Tuesday, Dec. 11 and runs through Thursday, Dec. 13.
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The Walter Leal lab wearing matching t-shirts. See caption at end of the blog. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Touch of Humor

December 11, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, was elected to the prestigious Brazilian Academy of Sciences, his lab members donned matching t-shirts--t-shirts with a touch of humor and a dose of humility. On the front: "I did the work.
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UC Davis undergraduate student Ivana Li with a walking stick. She's an entomologist, an artist, and president of the UC Davis Entomology Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Draw-a-Bug Competition at Bohart Museum

December 10, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you or someone in a household near you can draw a bug, then you need to head over to the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15. The Bohart Museum is hosting an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 Academic Surge on Crocker Lane.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

T&V herbicide registration news and updates - flazasulfuron

December 10, 2012
By Brad Hanson
It's that time of the year when I try to update the list of herbicides registered for use in California orchard and vineyard crops. The attached version has all the updates that I have been made aware of by my industry reps during the year.
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Fresno State professor Anil Shrestha (far right) with students at a research site.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Plant science professor receives high honor

December 9, 2012
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Fresno State plant science associate professor Anil Shrestha will receive the 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Weed Science Society of America. The honor will be presented at the annual meeting, Feb. 4-7 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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