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These rocks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology depict favorite insects: honey bees and ladybugs (lady beetles.) The larger rock, inspired by Valentine's Day, is titled "Love Bugs." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Why These Rock Artists Are Rock Stars

January 22, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Rock artists, all. Those who painted rocks at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Jan. 18 were not just rock artists. They were rock stars, painting creative, inspirational and seasonal illustrations.
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Doctoral student Ann Holmes holds up a bat specimen. Next to her is Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum Open House: A Science of a Day

January 20, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a "Science of a Day" at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house last Saturday afternoon, Jan. 18. For three hours, six UC Davis doctoral students discussed their research and fielded questions from the 270-plus guests, ranging from pre-kindergarten students to senior citizens.
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Sycamore Trees -- Big and Problems

January 20, 2020
Subject: Control of Anthracnose on Sycamore Trees Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County MGCC Help Desk Response to Sprays for Control of Anthracnose on Sycamores: Thank you for contacting the UC Master Gardener Program Help Desk with...
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IGIS Drone Pilot and Data Analyst Jacob Flanagan speaks to the local media at the 2019 World Ag Expo
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IGIS 2019 Year-in-Review Part I. Impacts on UC ANR's Strategic Goals

January 17, 2020
By Andy Lyons, Robert Johnson, Maggi Kelly, Sean D Hogan, Shane T Feirer
Welcome to the final IGIS year-in-review of the decade! 2019 was another productive and satisfying year, full of innovation, outreach, and collaboration. Our work this year has been guided by ANR Strategic Goals and contributed to the Public Value Statements.
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This is an adult Caenorhabditis elegans, one of the nematodes that Sebastian Eves-van den Akker studies. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
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Cambridge Scientist to Speak on Plant-Nematode Parasitism

January 16, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you think about global food security, you may not immediately think of plant-parasitic nematodes. But you should. They are a major threat to global food security, says Sebastian Eves-van den Akker of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Shane Feirer helps a participant at Forest GIS workshop in Santa Rosa, March 2019
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IGIS 2019 Year-in-Review Part II. Impact on UC ANR's Public Value Statements

January 16, 2020
By Shane T Feirer, Sean D Hogan, Andy Lyons, Maggi Kelly, Robert Johnson
This is the second of a two part series on IGIS impacts in 2019. See also: IGIS 2019 Year in Review Part I. Impact on UCANR's Strategic Goals Framework Training and professional development continue to be two of the pillars of our mission.
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Ready to cut the ribbon (from left) are almond pollination consultant Robert Curtis of Carmichael, retired director of agricultural affairs, Almond Board of California; Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland; Jackie Parks-Burris of Jackie Park-Burris Queen Bees, Palo Cedro and a past president of California State Beekeepers' Association; Darren Cox, Logan, Utah, past president of American Honey Producers; and Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers.
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A Grand Opening--And Bees Were Nowhere in Sight

January 15, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a grand opening of the USDA-ARS bee research facility at the University of California, Davis, but the bees were nowhere in sight. That's because bees don't fly until the temperature hits around 55, and the thermometer on that wintry day (Jan. 7) refused to budge over 47.
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From left are almond pollination consultant Robert Curtis of Carmichael, retired director of agricultural affairs, Almond Board of California; queen bee breeder Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland; queen bee breeder Jackie Parks-Burris of Jackie Park-Burris Queen Bees, Palo Cedro and a past president of California State Beekeepers' Association; Darren Cox of Logan, Utah, past president of American Honey Producers; and Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers. (Photo by Kathy
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Historic Occasion: USDA-ARS Bee Lab Opens on UC Davis Campus

January 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
On a day too cold for honey bees to fly and nearly too cold for bundled dignitaries to speak, officials celebrated the opening of the newly constructed USDA-ARS bee research facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus.
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Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., the father of honey bee genetics. The facility, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, is named for him.
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Brief History of the UC Davis Bee Biology Program

January 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
(Collaborative history of the UC Davis bee biology program.) George Haymaker Vansell (1892-1954) was a student at UC Davis who eventually helped with the instruction of entomology and apiculture beginning in 1920 and ending in 1931.
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