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A honey bee heads for a winter flowering plant, Kniphofia, in Napa, on Saturday, Dec. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Hear That Buzz on the Red Hot Poker?

December 31, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
On the last few days of Year 2019, where do you find a foraging honey bee? Well, if the temperature soars to 50 or 55, you might see honey bees slip out of their hives and head for a winter flowering plant commonly known as the "red hot poker" or "Christmas cheer" (genus Kniphofia).
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Antoine Abrieux of the Joanna Chiu lab is an Innovative Fellow, UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Postdoctoral Researcher Antoine Abrieux Receives Innovation Fellow Award

December 30, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral researcher Antoine Abrieux of France, an international scholar in the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of two recipients of an Innovator Fellow Award from the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH).
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

California Weed Science Society Research Update

December 30, 2019
By Brad Hanson
A quick post to share a link to the most recent version of the CWSS Research Update and News from the California Weed Science Society.
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Preliminary pendimethalin chemigation experiment report

December 30, 2019
By Brad Hanson, John A Roncoroni
This article was originally prepared for the CWSS Research Update and News (December 2019 edition). You can see it and several other articles at the CWSS website.
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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in a summer flight in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Suds for a Bug? Get Out Your Net!

December 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Suds for a bug? Get out your net! If you collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Solano and Yolo, you'll win a pitcher of beer or its equivalent, compliments of Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology.
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Entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz (left) with curator Emma Cluff at the digger bee display, Bohart Museum of Entomology. It will be on display through May 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Digger Bee Display at Bohart Museum of Entomology

December 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology is showcasing the innovative research of UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz, who studies how blister beetle nest parasites mimic the sex pheromone of digger bees.
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Professor Art Shapiro collected the first butterfly of 2019, a male, near the Suisun Yacht Club, Suisun City, Solano County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Suds for a Bug: Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest Begins Jan. 1

December 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Suds for a bug? Collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Solano and Yolo and win a pitcher of beer or its equivalent, compliments of Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology.
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