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The honey bee is responsible for pollinating about one-third of the food in our diet. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

What Are You Thankful for? Insects on the List?

November 28, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So you're seated at the Thanksgiving dinner table listening to what people are thankful for, what they treasure the most. The three "F's" win hands-down: family, friends and food. But "insects" should definitely added to that list.
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A nest of Bombus vosnesenkii in May 2015 at the Loma Vista Farm, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Ever Seen a Bumble Bee Nest?

November 25, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ever seen a bumble bee nest? We remember when insect enthusiast Rita LeRoy of the Loma Vista Farm, part of the Vallejo City Unified School District, found the nest of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenkii, in May of 2015.
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Lepechinia hastata(flower)
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Lepechinia In Your Garden?

November 25, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardeners Program of Contra Costa County Master Gardeners' Help Desk Request: I recently moved into a home in Clayton and am very fortunate to have inherited many beautiful perennials! One, in particular, has stumped me and I was hopin...
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A possible climate change outcome in California may be returning farmland to less-intensive uses, such as grazing.
Green Blog: Article

UC Cooperative Extension ramps up its climate change response

November 22, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
While scientific reports continue to mount confirming that global climate change is increasing temperatures, causing more frequent weather extremes and raising the sea level in California, UC Cooperative Extension is working to ensure the worst predictions are avoided and California residents and bu...
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Forest entomologist/chemical ecologist Steve Seybold with doctoral student Jackson Audley at a downtown Davis tree dying of thousand cankers disease. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Steven Jon Seybold: 1959-2019

November 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Noted forest entomologist and chemical ecologist Steven Jon Seybold, a lecturer and researcher with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a research entomologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis, died Friday, Nov.
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