Backyard Orchard News
Master Gardener Training a Success
Lindcove recently hosted a Tulare-Kings Master Gardener citrus training day with farm advisor...
UCCE Farm Advisor Craig Kallsen explains how to properly prune a citrus tree.
Wearing of the Green
It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and time for "The Wearing of the Green." "The Wearing of the...
Male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of metallic green sweat bee, a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sticky Business
If you've ever watched spiders trap their prey in their sticky webs, you've probably wondered: "Why...
A garden spider spinning a web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Garden spider wrapping its prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ask the Bug Doctor
Okay, what's the heaviest insect in the world? The longest? The fastest runner? The fastest flying...
Aphids cover a rose bud. Some aphids can complete a generation in five days. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Aphids go about their business. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Those 'Immoral' Honey Bee Queens
The news headlines screamed "immoral" and "promiscuous." The story was not about a red light...
Queen and her court. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)