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Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey fervently believes that increasing the overall genetic diversity of honey bees will lead to healthier, hardier bees that can better fight off parasites, pathogens and pests.

Even on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, where average rainfall is a mere 7 inches per year, farmers can reap the benefits of winter cover crops without the expense of irrigation, University of California research has found.

If you want to learn about what bees do, and how gardeners can support healthy pollinator populations through simple gardening practice, then this is for you: Your Sustainable Backyard: Pollinator Gardening.

With the global population growing from 7 to 10 billion by 2050, there is an intense debate about how to best feed the world.

The California Weed Science Society (CWSS) is offering scholarships to support undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in weed or invasive plant management.

I have a question from a PCA regarding physical damage from burning nettle on vegetables. I have never heard of this.

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CalWeedMapper is a new website for mapping invasive plant spread and planning regional management strategies (calweedmapper.calflora.org). Users generate a report for their region that synthesizes information into three types of strategic opportunities: surveillance, eradication and containment.

If you're planning to hike the hills around Bodega Head in Sonoma County, watch out for the bears. The woolly bear caterpillars, that is. Last Sunday, with the temperature hovering around 70 degrees, the woolly bears were everywhere.