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Check out the pollen on this black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on manzanita, as photographed by Kim Chacon, UC Davis doctoral candidate on Jan. 10.
Bug Squad: Article

Drum Roll...First Bumble Bee of the Year!

January 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We have a winner! Several UC Davis bumble bee enthusiasts--encouraged by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology--compete every January to find the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties. It's a friendly competition.
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Zane and Benjamin planting acorns for the UC Santa Cruz study by Dr. Blair McLaughlin of the Zavaleta Lab.
Hopland REC: Article

HREC Youth Volunteers Support Oak Research

January 17, 2019
By Hannah M Bird
My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have chosen to volunteer with me at the HREC for our senior project at Ukiah High School.
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Grace Jones: 1951-2019
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Grace Jones: 1951-2019

January 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis alumnus and molecular biologist Grace Jones, 67, a member of the University of Kentucky (UK) faculty since 1984 and a longtime member of the Bruce Hammock lab at UC Riverside and UC Davis, died Jan. 12 at the university hospital of complications from a severe stroke she suffered in 2000.
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Elisabeth Watkins, 2019 Youth in Action Winner in Healthy Living
California 4-H Grown: Article

4-H'ers Recognized for Healthy Living and Agriculture

January 16, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
The National 4-H Council has named Elisabeth Watkins from San Joaquin County the winner of the 2019 4-H Youth in Action Award for Healthy Living. She will receive a $5,000 scholarship for higher education and will serve as an advocate and spokesperson for 4-H Healthy Living programming.
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“Beyond chemicals, people are desperate for another way to fight weeds and electricity is back on the agenda,” says Andrew Diprose. © Chris Bennett
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Old Sparky: Could Electricity Be Farming’s New Weed Killer?

January 16, 2019
By Gale Perez
Some that Martin Guerena shared with us... From Ag Web :: January 14, 2019 January 14, 2019 08:27 AM By Chris Bennett Farm Journal Technology and Issues Editor Email One touch from old sparky and the current brings down the curtaindeath by electricity.
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Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters isn't sure she wants meet an Australian stick insect at the Bohart Museum. She is holding mom's hand. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Kira Meets a Stick Insect

January 15, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you're five years old and just learning about the world around you and its inhabitants, it's okay to be a little apprehensive when you encounter a giant prickly stick insect with thornlike spikes. Even if your mother is holding it.
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Sacramento Valley Field Crops: Article

SWEEP Grant Workshop January 30th, 2019

January 15, 2019
Join us Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 attheUCCE Yolo County Cooperative Extension Office in Woodland for a workshop on the State Water Efficiency Enhancement Program grant application. UC representatives will be on hand to discuss strategies and important information for successful applications.
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