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UCCE Livestock & Range blog
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Rancher seminar :: Dec. 6, 2022 via Zoom

November 27, 2022
By Devii R Rao
Please join the San Benito Weed Management for our 21st Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers. Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Time: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Location: via Zoom Deadline to register: December 5, 2022 Register here: https://bit.
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A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Time to 'Bee' Thankful

November 24, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Thanksgiving Day, and as we sit down with family and friends to count our blessings, let's thank the bees.
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Danielle Rutkowski is the second consecutive winner of President's Prize for her research presentation at the 2022 Entomological Society of America annual meeting. She studies with community ecologists Rachel Vannette and Rick Karban.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Graduate Student Researchers Win Top Honors at ESA Competition

November 21, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Doctoral candidates Danielle Rutkowski and Zachary Griebenow of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won the President's Prize or first-place honors for their individual research presentations at the 2022 Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, and British Co...
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Figure 1. The herbicide, Loyant, was trialed on cattails in the Delta in 2022. We will continue these investigations next year.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

2022 Delta Rice Recap

November 20, 2022
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
In 2022, I estimate rice acreage in the Delta, south of the Yolo Bypass, was at least 8,000 acres. Most Delta rice is grown in San Joaquin County, but there is some acreage in Sacramento County.
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This is a female Xylocopa sonorina, also known as a Valley carpenter bee. It's foraging on a native milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis RSPIB Scholar: Surprising Find About Gut Bacteria in Carpenter Bees

November 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Newly published research by UC Davis scientists on the gut bacteria of two carpenter bee species shows a surprising find: their gut bacteria is more similar to social bees like honey bees and bumble bees than to solitary bees, even to closely related bee species.
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The UC Davis Entomology Games Team of doctoral candidates: Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and Zach Griebenow. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis faculty)
Bug Squad: Article

Congrats, UC Davis Bug Team!

November 16, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"In 1973 Dr. David Gibby of the Washington State University Extension Center started a program to meet the demand for urban horticulture and gardening advice, which has since expanded to all 50 states and 8 Canadian provinces.
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