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ANR Employee News: Article

RECs develop new funding model

March 26, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Research and Extension Center (REC) System is a key component of UC ANR (Cooperative Extension + Agricultural Experiment Station + Research and Extension Centers + Statewide Programs).
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The new apprentice-level California Master Beekeepers pose for a photo at the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

California Master Beekeeper Program Is All the Buzz!

March 22, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) is all the buzz. Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio, director of the program, introduced the 40 new apprentice-level graduates, Class of 2017, at the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium, held recently in the UC Davis Conference Center.
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A honey bee foraging on mustard on Sunday, March 18 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Rolling in the Mustard

March 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A sure sign of spring: honey bees foraging on mustard. You'll see mustard growing as cover crops in the Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley vineyards, but you'll also see it gracing the hillsides, roadways and area gardens. It's a time when the yellow pollen dusts the bees from head to thorax to abdomen.
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