Backyard Orchard News
Hurray for the Red, White and Blue!
Hurray for the red, white and blue! One more day until we celebrate the birth of our country,...
"Red" is for the red flameskimmer, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey).
"White" is for the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. It's a pest, but its colors are appropriate on Independence Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Blue" is for Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon) butterfly. It's as blue as the starry background on the American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
You Can Take That to the Bank!
They're good bees. You can take that to the bank! The excitement began when Martin Guerena, an...
Sunflower bees, Svastra obliqua expurgata, flying to a nesting area in downtown Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A sunflower bee delivering pollen to its nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pollen-packing sunflower bee making a deposit near a Davis bank. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lindsey Hack (left) and Allie Margulies of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis, photographing the sunflower bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
People make deposits in this bank, but sunflower bees are making deposits near the bank (left, in the wood chip mulch, circled here by yellow caution tape). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Calling All Teen Leaders
California 4-H Food Smart Families is recruiting teens to serve as volunteer leaders for...
Keep Your 'Girls' Out of California Buckeye
Beekeepers don't like their "girls" foraging in California buckeye (Aesculus californica) It's...
A bee forages on California buckeye in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California buckeye is poisonous to bees and can result in dying brood, or misshapen brood. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A California buckeye blooming on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citrus IPM Guidelines for ACP and FRB Updated!
The UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Citrus have been updated for Asian citrus psyllid and Fuller rose beetle. There are several new insecticides listed and new recommendations for how to manage these pests in citrus orchards. The main link is www.ipm.ucanr.edu and the specific links are: