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Research in the laboratory of Makedonka Mitreva (Screen shot)

Makedonka Mitreva: Multi-Omics Applications in Helminth Research

April 4, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
More than 3 billion people worldwide live on less than $2.50 a day. The majority live in low- and middle- income countries, and some in vulnerable communities of high-income countries. Chronic infections in these populations are predominated by parasitic helminths.
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An infestation of cottony cushion scale on Nandina (Nandina domestica). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Don't Cotton to This Pest

March 31, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It sucks sap, it secretes honeydew, and it draws ants. And curious photographers. Last weekend we spotted cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, infesting the twigs and branches of our Nandina (Nandina domestica), planted 22 years ago.
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Gary Lamberti

UC Davis Entomology Alumnus Gary Lamberti Receives Global Recognition

March 31, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis entomology alumnus Gary Lamberti, professor of aquatic science in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, and director of the university's Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory, is the recipient of a 2022 Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Career Award for "signif...
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These are Ishai Zeldner's bee boxes in The Hive, Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Beekeeper

March 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ishai Zeldner, a beekeeper turned businessman, would have been proud. Zeldner, who died in 2018 at age 71, would have been proud to see the family business he founded, Z Specialty Food, develop into a 20,000 square-foot facility at 1221 Harter Way, Woodland. It was his dream.
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Self-described "queen bee" Amina Harris at The Hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Celebrating Nature Day on Saturday, April 2

March 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Z Specialty Food will host a Nature Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at The Hive, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland to emphasize the importance of honey, bees, pollination and conservation.
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"Queen Bee" Amina Harris of Z Specialty Food is also the executive director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Nature Day Celebration: Pride of Madeira, Pride of The Hive

March 29, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've recently visited the pollinator gardens at The Hive, a family business owned by Z Specialty Food, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland, you've seen the spectacular Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans. Now another "pride" awaits.
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