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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Good Bug for Milkweed

May 6, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Good Bug for Milkwood Client Gardener from Mid-County: Hello Master Gardeners, can you tell me who this guy is, and whether he's a friend or foe?
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Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opens a hive at the first California Honey Festival, launched in 2017. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

California Honey Festival: Saturday, May 4

May 1, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hear that buzz? The third annual California Honey Festival, sponsored by the City of Woodland and the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 4 in downtown Woodland. It's free and family friendly.
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Robbin Thorp by an almond tree on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Global Bee Authority Robbin Thorp Honored at Special PBESA Symposium

May 1, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Colleagues, researchers and former students of Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology and a global authority on bees, paid tribute to him and his work at a special symposium in his honor at the 2019 meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America in San...
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A robber fly, Ommatius amula, with prey. Today (April 30) is World Robber Day. (Drawing by Charlotte Herbert Alberts.)
Bug Squad: Article

Why You Should Celebrate World Robber Fly Day

April 30, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Quick, do you know what today is? It's World Robber Fly Day! Question is, how are you celebrating it? April 30 is both a momentous and delightful occasion for Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who studies robber flies.
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A honey bee packing blue pollen from the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Honey of a Festival on Saturday, May 4

April 29, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
In the honey bee colony, you'll see a workforce like no other. You'll see nurse maids, nannies, royal attendants, builders, architects, foragers, dancers, honey tenders, pollen packers, propolis or "glue" specialists, air conditioning and heating technicians, guards, and undertakers.
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SJER Burned Site
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weeds and Wildfire

April 29, 2019
Thanks to the recent hot weather (already surpassing 90 degrees several days in a row), we are starting to see the lush green hills near Fresno transition into gold.
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Monkeying Around With the Monkeyflower

April 29, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I'm trying to grow Mimulus in ground and in pots the last several years and not having any success. Would you please provide me guidance. Thank You.
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A monarch butterfly laying an egg on tropical milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

All Flights Lead to the Butterfly Summit

April 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
All flights lead to the Butterfly Summit. Road trips, too. Butterfly guru Arthur Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, will speak on "Are Butterflies Heralds of the Insect Apocalypse?" at the third annual Butterfly Summit, an all-day event that begins 10 a.m.
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