Agriculture

A mannequin in a firefighter turncoat pinned with fire beetles drew "oohs" and "aahs" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house last Sunday afternoon at the University of California, Davis.

It was bound to happen. A "real" honey bee flying alongside "fake" bees on a bee crossing sign. We photographed this honey bee (below) at 1/1000 of second (with a Nikon D500 and a 105mm lens with the f-stop set at 16 and ISO at 800), but honey bee flight is truly amazing.

As a (relatively) new livestock and natural resources farm advisor, I'm fortunate to have known and worked with my predecessors (Roger Ingram in Placer-Nevada and Glenn Nader in Sutter-Yuba). I'm also fortunate to be working in a region where I've lived for most of my life.

The old saying, Everything's fine until it's not, comes to mind when dealing with some tough to control perennial weeds in alfalfa production during the summertime.

The old saying, Everything's fine until it's not, comes to mind when dealing with some tough to control perennial weeds in alfalfa production during the summertime.

The old saying, Everything's fine until it's not, comes to mind when dealing with some tough to control perennial weeds in alfalfa production during the summertime.

Celebrate National Honey Bee Day by brushing up on your knowledge of bee protectioncheck out the newly revised Best Management Practices to Protect Bees from Pesticides and Bee Precaution Pesticide Ratings from UC IPM.

Go as far as you can [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.E.O Wilson.

The Insect and Mite sections of the UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Dry Beans have been recently revised and updated and are now available online at: UC IPM Dry Beans Pest Management Guidelines. Authors include UCCE Farm Advisor Rachael Long and UC IPM Advisor Pete Goodell (emeritus).

There are two (2) new posts on the UC Rice Blog written by Whitney Brim-DeForest, Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor.