Test PB Collection: FTE

Nature's suspension bridge--that's what the spider builds. With the unseasonable warm weather and crafty spiders at work, can spring be far behind? Spiders are already building their webs on fruit trees yet to bud and bloom.

Last summer we watched European wool carder bees (Anthidium manicatum) dart in and out of the catmint and salvia in our bee friendly garden. The males are very territorial, so they'd chase away honey bees, bumble bees, hover flies and other insects from THEIR flowers. Yes, they claimed them.

The light brown apple moth: how does it affect California's strawberry crop?

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Hear the buzz in the California almond orchards? It's almost pollination time. The season usually begins around Feb. 1. This year California has some 750,000 acres of almonds, and each acre requires two bee colonies to pollinate. That's 1.

I have moved the Asian citrus psyllid article to http://ucanr.org/blogs/pestnews/. I have created this blog to address issues that are not related to strawberries and vegetables.

Honey bee expert Eric Mussen of UC Davis offers some good advice in a piece that he and commercial beekeeper Gene Brandi of Los Banos wrote in the current edition of CAPCA Advisor, published by the California Assoiciaton of Pest Control Advisors.

During the last few years, one of my core research areas has included several projects related to preplant soil fumigation in collaboration with a number of UC, USDA-ARS, and industry researchers.

As a child, Angela Smilanich never harbored a fascination or obsession for insects. That came later.

Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine, makes seven good points in his piece on honey bee health published in the Jan. 18th edition of The Daily Green.