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Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, shown here working with blue orchard bees on Phacelia, is a newly inducted Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Neal Williams New Fellow of California Academy of Sciences

October 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is now a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a group of more than 450 distinguished scientists who have made notable contributions to science.
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Photo of a forest.
UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

Agroforestry and Climate Smart Agriculture

October 15, 2019
Authors: Alli Rowe, UCCE Ventura County and Niki Mazaroli, Strategy Research Science There has been much buzz and renewed interest recently in planting trees as a tool to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.
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Black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bay Area Bee Fair on Oct. 13: The Place to 'Bee'

October 10, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a fair. It's a party. It's a pollinator party. It's the Bay Area Bee Fair in Berkeley. And it's the place to be on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Berkeley Flea Market, located at Ashby BART. The second annual event, free and family friendly, is set from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Photo of toddler at Dave's Pumpkin Farm, West of Sacramento by Master Gardener Penny Leff of Yolo County.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County Blogs: Article

It's Pumpkin Time

October 4, 2019
The smell of pumpkin seeds roasting in the oven brings back memories. As a girl, my favorite part of the fall season was seeing Dad at his creative best.
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Cousins Aryanna Nicole Torres, 8, of Woodland and Aaden Matthew Brazelton, 8, of Vacaville, get ready to eat insects. Their grandmother, UC Davis employee Elvira Galvan Hack of Dixon, accompanied them to the museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Eating Insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

October 2, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Fact: Eighty percent of the world's population eat insects. Fact: At least 80 percent of those attending the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on entomophagy ate one or more insects--a cricket, an earthworm or a mealworm. The diners ranged in age from a 9-month-old girl to senior citizens.
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