Test PB Collection: FTE

It's almost like peppermint candy. The red and white blossoms that grace the mint bush sage (Salvia microhylla) draw their share of bees. It's a late bloomer in the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis.

It's a stunning piece of work. It's a three-dimensional paper sculpture of a queen bee. Noted artist Marilyn Judson (right) of Davis created the paper sculpture (below) now on display in the "Sticky Business: Art of the Honey Bee" show that runs through Dec. 23 at the Pence Gallery, 212 D St.

It's a honey of a book. Honey bee expert Norman Gary, emeritus professor of apiculture at the University of California, Davis, is the author of a newly published book on beginning beekeeping titled Honey Bee Hobbyist: The Care and Keeping of Bees.

This week I received an email request for information on the soil concentration of herbicide necessary to have a phytotoxic effect. This is a simple-sounding question and I was able to confidently say Well, that depends..

One of the highlights of the 58th annual Entomological Society of America meeting in San Diego, Dec. 12-15 is the Linnaean Games.

Nature is more a world of scents than a source of noise. That quote sound familiar? Chemical ecologist Jacques Le Magnen (1916-2002) said that back in 1970.

Those malaria mosquitoes may have met their match--with researchers at the University of California, Davis. UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Ashley Horton, recent winner of the 2010 Arthur J. and Dorothy D. Palm Agricultural Scholarship, focuses her research on how mosquitoes transmit malaria.

Honey bee guru Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist and a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty, is quoted in a Dec. 6 article in the Epoch Times about colony collapse disorder (CCD).

How to determine the need to fertilize alfalfa and field day announcements for UCD Small Grains and Alfalfa/Forages field days on May 7th.

Almond Pruning Demonstration Dormant Oil still important!...