Agriculture

You won't want to miss this UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar by postdoctoral scholar Angie Lenard of the University of Nevada, Reno. She'll speak on "Insects in Human-Modified Environments" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, set for 4:10 p.m.

It's like Old Home Week or Old Home Day when Michelle Monheit visits the UC Davis Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road. I visit the garden whenever I'm in the area, she said, as she headed over to the six-foot-long ceramic-mosaic bee sculpture, Miss Bee Haven, that anchors the half-acre bee garden.

Since the millennial drought of 2012-2016, I've developed a habit of periodically checking the U.S. Drought Monitor, especially during our normal rainy season.

Climate scientist Daniel Swain joins UC ANR Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice Daniel Swain Daniel Swain joined University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources on Nov. 1 as a climate scientist in the California Institute for Water Resources.

The cultural divide between city folk and country folk has been the basis of stories from literature to sitcoms throughout our country's history.

Hear that buzz? The long-awaited update of the landmark UC Davis-authored book, Queen Bee Rearing and Bee Breeding by Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003), the father of bee genetics, and his former doctoral research mentee Robert E. Page Jr.

They can be so destructive, but they sure are beautiful. Leps or worms can be found on fruit tyrees. Citrus Lepidoptera (Worms) https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/citrus/ ID Key: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/legacy_assets/pdf/pmg/key_to_caterpillars_lepidoptera_larvae_in_california_citrus_3.

Growers invited to discuss young almonds, pistachios, walnuts, olives, citrus and peach orchards starting Feb. 18 To help growers manage irrigation and nutrients for young and immature orchards, UC Cooperative Extension is offering workshops in Madera, Stockton, Parlier and Tulare.

We're so accustomed to seeing the non-native European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, that it's quite a surprise to encounter a native, the golden paper wasp, P. aurifer, and especially in the winter. It was--and is--sheltering at the UC Davis Bee Haven.

The people who produce our food need support especially in the areas of mental and physical well-being to recover from increasingly widespread wildfire, scientists have found.