Agriculture

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.

How do entomologists apply research in a Cooperative Extension program?

Hearing a queen bee piping is music to her ears. So is the shimmering sound of the harp.

Back in 2010, UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and yours truly, department communications specialist, wondered why no insects appear in "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Zero. Zilch. Nada.

If you have some free time during the holidays--free time, what's that?--and you're interested in insects, you'll want to watch a series of UC Davis insect "infomercials.

Get the Latest and the Last Dec 23, 2024 | View All Issues This edition includes the following: Preparing Frost Protection Measures The National Clean Plant Network, with emphasis on the National Clean Plant Network Citrus Development of integrated pest management for huanglongbing (HLB) in Florida...

La Red de Pequeas Granjas de UC ANR apoya a granjeros a pequea escala y desfavorecidos que han sido impactados por el calor extremo Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, directora interina del Programa de Investigacin y Educacin de Agricultura Sustentable de UC, se uni a ms de cien participantes de todo el pas du...

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