Agriculture

Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Sixty Second Science Snippet: December 2018

December 29, 2018
Pesticide registrations - what types are available? Section 3 - Also known as the initial pesticide label registration; contains basic registered uses, use directions, requirements, and prohibitions.
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Chickens in pasture

Beginning poultry farmers invited to UC workshops

December 27, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Beginning farmers are invited to attend a series of workshops to learn how to raise pastured and free-range poultry from UC Cooperative Extension specialists, poultry farmers and other experts. The first five workshops are three-hour long evening courses (4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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UC Davis emeritus professor Norm Gary examines a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

‘Bee Man’ Norman Gary Says Hobby Beekeepers in Urban Environments Should Limit Hives to Two

December 27, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
DAVIS--Pesticides, parasites, predators, and a multitude of microorganisms threaten the survival of honey bees, says retired apiculturist Norman Gary of the University of California, Davis, but so do hobby beekeepers in urban environments who are rearing too many colonies for bees to survive and thr...
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A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heading toward California poppy,Eschscholzia californica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Big 43: The California Native Plants, Plus One, Studied in UC Davis Research

December 25, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When pollination ecologists from the Neal Williams lab at the University of California Davis--Ola Lundin, Kimiora Ward and Professor Williams--recently published their research in the Journal of Applied Ecology on "Identifying Native Plants for Coordinated Habitat Management of Arthropod Pollinators...
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A honey bee heads toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Merry Buzzworthy Christmas!

December 25, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Feeling the buzz on Christmas Day? Bugs on your Christmas tree? You may have overlooked another "present": eggs of the invasive spotted landernfly may be on your tree.
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