Backyard Orchard News
And Life Goes On...
The tender shoots of fava bean blossoms are attracting scores of aphids, which suits the ladybugs...
Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the scores of aphids behind the ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug crawls past some aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Everything Is Connected; Even the Bees
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the...
Honey bee heading for an almond blossom on Bee Biology Road at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging in almond blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC at the World Ag Expo
The UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center has a presence at what is billed the world's largest agricultural exposition, the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., Feb. 14-16, 2012.
Computer resource specialist Robert Johnson, assistant program and facility coordinator Julie Sievert and KARE director Jeff Dahlberg answer questions at the KARE booth in Pavilion A.
Director of the REC system Bill Frost visits Beth Grafton-Cardwell, director of Lindcove Research and Extension Center, in a booth shared with the Citrus Research Board.
Ron Harben with UC Cooperative Extension cropping systems specialist Jeff Mitchell.
How Honey Bees Make Collective Decisions
Like to know more about honey bees make collective decisions?Mark your calendar to attend a seminar...
Brian Johnson in front of his bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brian Johnson checks out a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citrus Entomology Display at World Ag Expo
My crew and I have joined the Citrus Research Board in an outdoor area (L36) at the World Ag Expo this year. We have the mobile lab set up to display California red scale, earwigs, Asian citrus psyllid, diaprepes root weevil, citrus leafminer, soft scales, and scarring damage. Please join us to chat about citrus pests on Thursday.
Citrus Entomology Crew: Greg, Sara and Jennifer