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Beekeeper Adelaide Grandia smiles through a pollinator cut-out board. Her grandfather is teaching her beekeeping. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hear That Buzz? It's World Bee Day!

May 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hear that buzz? Today is World Bee Day! We celebrate honey bees every day, but they are especially celebrated on May 20, World Bee Day. It's an annual day to raise awareness about the importance of bees and beekeeping.
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Zebras in Serengeti National Park. They are watching out for predators. (Photo by Patty Carey)
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Professor James R. Carey to Deliver Presentation on 'African Odyssey'

May 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, will deliver an educational, innovative and entertaining presentation titled African Odyssey: Wildlife Adventures, Natural Wonders and Indigenous Peoples at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, May 22 in 122 Briggs Hall.
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Cooperative Extension advisor Rachael Long next to hedgerows. (Photo by Evett Kilmartin)
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Rachael Long Wins Bradford-Rominger Ag Sustainability Leadership Award

May 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis entomology alumnus Rachael Freeman Long, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) farm adviser for field crops and pest management for the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento, is the recipient of the 2019 Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award.
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Working with Climate Data - Workshop

May 16, 2019
By Shane T Feirer
Have you ever wanted to work with climate change data? Last week I took a workshop from the UC Berkeley Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF) titled "Working with Climate Data (link).
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Doctoral student Trevor Fowles and major professor Christian Nansen are breeding insects to convert agricultural waste into usable products: 1) insect biomass, that can be fed to animals as a feed additive, used by the pharmaceutical industry, or used to produce biofuel, 2) insect frass and fragments from the bioconversion process can be used as soil amendment in high-value cropping systems, and 3) mushrooms can be grown on what the insects are unable to bioconvert.

Trevor Fowles and Christian Nansen: Imagine Food Production Without Waste

May 14, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Imagine food production without waste Insects, such as darkling beetles and black soldier flies, can and should be bred to convert organic agricultural waste into usable products--like animal feed, pharmaceutical products, and biofuel, say UC Davis agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen, an asso...
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