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Asian Citrus Psyllid

September 13, 2012
Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Trying to stay abreast of the insect and disease it carries to citrus?
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Italian bee nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Flower Lovers: The Bees

September 13, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What do you know about bees, and what would you like to learn about them? Visit the University of California, Davis campus on Saturday, Sept. 15, and you will see (1) bee specimens from all over the world and (2) bees and other pollinators in their natural habitat.
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Worker bees--sisters--sharing nectar at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sister, Can You Spare Some Food?

September 11, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We can all learn from the honey bees. Worker bees--sisters--are like feeding machines. They not only feed each other, but feed the queen and their brothers, the drones. It's a marvelous sight to see, nectar being passed from one bee to another.
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Male European carder bee (left) targets a honey bee on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Aggressor

September 10, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Talk about aggression. Talk about bullying. Talk about power maneuvers.
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Overhead irrigation systems, such as center pivots, are particularly useful when coupled with conservation tillage.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Merging conservation tillage with overhead irrigation systems

September 10, 2012
By Jeannette Warnert
The sixth and final segment of the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation documentary, posted today on the CASI website, features farmers who are successfully combining conservation tillage with overhead irrigation systems, such as center pivots. (The video is also posted below.
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White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Behold the White-Lined Sphinx Moth

September 7, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Our cat used to catch them. She'd bring them into the house and watch them flutter at our feet. The white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) flies during the day and at night. It's not a graceful flier. It bumbles along like Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose on empty. With a wing span between 2.7 and 3.
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Bagrada bug-Elwood by Brian Cabrera 06SEP12
E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Bagrada bug is now in Santa Barbara County

September 7, 2012
It was in last January when I first wrote about the invasive pest Bagrada bug (Bagrada hilaris). It was only reported in Imperial, Riverside, and Orange Counties at that time.
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