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Some folks enjoy a doughnut, bagel, muffin or fruit for breakfast--and maybe some cream cheese on the bagel and honey on the muffin. Not so the praying mantis. If he were in a restaurant, he'd tell the waiter "I'd like a bee for breakfast, please.

You may have noticed this little floral visitor in your garden. It might appear to be a bee, a common mistake to the untrained eye or those who think that all floral visitors are bees.

In 2011, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) developed a program to assist rice producers adopt and apply conservation practices to provide and maintain shallow water wetlands, mudflats, nesting islands, and other associated wildlife structures that provide for seasonal or year-round b...

If you want to learn more about bees, honey and pollination, then you'll want to attend the debut event of the newly formed Honey and Pollination Center at the University of California, Davis. Themed "Bounty of Pollination: More Than Just Honey," the event is set from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

This issue contains the following articles: Simazine Degradation in CA Citrus Orchards Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis Avocado Trunk Cankers Asphyxiation Tree Wraps Stem and Leaf Blight...

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be --Paul McCartney When Paul McCartney of The Beatles wrote "Let It Be," released in 1970, he wasn't writing about honey bees. No, he was actually recounting what his mother (who died when he was 14) told him in a dream.

It's a honey of a garden and a honey of a fence. So agreed the visitors attending the open house and recognition ceremony last Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre pollinator garden next to the UC Davis Department of Entomology's Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

Ever seen a pregnant praying mantis? Someone on wikianswers.com asked the question: "What does a pregnant praying mantis look like?" The question drew only one response: "Big and fat.

New publication available at: http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/files/2012/RiceSV2012.

When I was teaching photography, I encouraged my students to go for the angles--from a bug's eye view to a bird's eye view. Holding a camera chest-high or at eye level renders the "same-o, same o" photos. Yet another creative way to see the world is through a fisheye lens.