Backyard Orchard News
Sharing a Sunflower
You often see a single solitary bee on a sunflower. Perhaps it's a sunflower bee (Svastra) or a...
This photo shows a honey bee (bottom left), a sunflower bee, Svastra, (center) and a sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, with another sweat bee, Halictus tripartus, coming in for a landing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Now That's Italian!
Now that's Italian! The Italian honey bee (below) nectaring on a zinnia at the University of...
Italian honey bee forages on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis staff research associate/beekeeper Billy Synk admires a freshly bottled jar of honey to the sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citricola Scale Field Day at Lindcove
Citricola Scale - Update on Resistance and the Efficacy of Insecticides Nearing Registration
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell
University of California
Citrus IPM Specialist and Research Entomologist
Thursday, September 13, 2012, 9:00-10:00 am
Location: Lindcove Research & Extension Center
22963 Carson Ave, Exeter CA
(559) 592-2408 ext 151 (call for directions)
We will bring the mobile teaching lab to an LREC orchard in which we are comparing registered and unregistered insecticides. Several new insecticides are nearing registration (2013-2014) and the efficacy of these products will be discussed. Field monitoring of citricola scale will be demonstrated including recommended treatment threshold densities for the fall period. We will also discuss ongoing organophosphate insecticide resistance studies.
No advance sign-up is needed for this session. One continuing education credit has been requested for this session.
A Two-Fold Bee Conference
Seattle will be the place to "bee" on Oct. 4-7. That's where the Western Apicultural Society (WAS)...
This photo of a honey bee on an almond blossom will appear on the WAS conference t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Oh, Is This One of Your Bees?'
The photo just begs for a caption. The praying mantis, with a female sweat bee grasped in its...
What are you looking at? A praying mantis, with a female sweat bee grasped in its spiked forelegs, looks at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Praying mantis continues to eat the sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)