Agriculture

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Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño (center) leads a beekeeping class at the Laidlaw facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Two UC Davis Beekeeping Classes Scheduled

March 1, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to learn how to keep bees? The University of California, Davis, is offering two classes in mid-March: the first on Saturday, March 23 and the second on Sunday, March 24.
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Three brown mottled Asian citrus psyllid adults feed on young citrus leafs alongside their small yellow orange eggs.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Insect Pests on Citrus Trees

February 28, 2019
[This post has been modified from the article originally published in the Fall 2018 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News.] Citrus trees remain a popular choice for home gardeners in California, largely due to their ease of care, beauty, and functionality for food and shade.
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UC Davis employee Michele Belden shows her son, Cash, 5, some of the butterflies in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Belden manages the Aggie Surplus, formerly Bargain Barn, on campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Visit to the Bohart Museum

February 27, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you're 5 years old, the world is full of wonders. Especially when your mother takes you to the Bohart Museum of Entomology to see the butterfly specimens.
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If you use the labor readiness self-assessment tool listed below, part of your results will include a capture graph like this and a detailed interpretation of each labor-related area and how you can improve.
Farming in the Foothills: Article

Everything You Want to Know About Labor but Are Afraid to Ask

February 22, 2019
By Cindy Fake
Do you have questions about hiring farm employees? Are you considering making the jump from farmer to owner-operator? We have compiled a few key questions you might want to ask yourself if you answered yes to either of those two questions.
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UC Davis doctoral student and nematologist Christopher Pagan shows nematode specimens to visitors at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

More Nematodes in Outer Space?

February 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
More nematodes in outer space? It's true. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym, a company in Alachua, Fla.
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