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Bring in any plant sample or pest and let us help diagnose your garden problems. A Master Gardener will be in our office from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Tuesday - Thursday.
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The A's, Bees and C's....
Posted 11/6/2009 -
In an aging queen bee, does age affect the quality of her offspring? Why do some bees leave the hive and never...
Two Bees, Two Sizes
Posted 11/5/2009 -
When a sweat bee and a honey bee share the same flower, the size difference is quite distinct.We took this photo of a honey...
Helping Honey Bee Research
Posted 11/4/2009 -
Bees buzz. People "Tweet."
Well, many people do.
It's generous of the Häagen-Dazs brand to donate $1 per Tweet (up to...
Seeing Red--On Buckwheat
Posted 11/3/2009 -
Butterflies, honey bees and hover flies can't get enough of red buckwheat.
Tight clusters of pink blossoms, coupled with...
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Posted 11/2/2009 -
Everything's coming up roses at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus.
Roses?
Make that rose-haired...
LBAM: What's the Status?
Posted 10/30/2009 -
Remember the ravenous light brown apple moth (LBAM) and all the controversy?
The invasive agricultural pest, from Down...
It All Bee-Gan at UC Davis
Posted 10/29/2009 -
The "honey bee reproductive ground plan" hypothesis that originated two decades ago at the University of California, Davis...
Something Quite Magical
Posted 10/28/2009 -
There's something so magical and captivating about the metallic green sweat bee.Shouldn't it be yellow? No.Is it a bee?...
The SWAT Team
Posted 10/27/2009 -
Chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and his postdoctoral...
Racing for the Lavender
Posted 10/26/2009 -
A bee is a bee is a bee? Poet Gertrude Stein ("a rose is a rose is a rose") could have said that.True, there's only one...
Saving the Bees, One Shirt at a Time
Posted 10/23/2009 -
Officials at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and the Bohart Museum of Entomology are saving the bees--one T-shirt at a...
Cutting It
Posted 10/22/2009 -
The dull brown moth may be dull-looking but as noctuid cutworms they're not.
We spotted this noctuid cutworm, soon to be a...
Bee-lieve!
Posted 10/21/2009 -
Dianne DiBlasi did it.
Back in January, we wrote a Bug Squad blog about Dianne DiBlasi’s three-year effort to overturn an...
A Tongue for Explosives, Narcotics
Posted 10/20/2009 -
Honey bees are involved in a unique "sting operation" utilizing their sense of keen smell to detect explosives and...
The Drone: Target of Attacks
Posted 10/19/2009 -
Drones--remotely piloted aircraft used in reconnaissance and target attacks--are in the news, but so are the other...
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Pests in the home & garden
Pests in your home and garden. How to identify them and treat them in a less toxic way
Composting
Do you have an interest in composting but don't know where to start? We have lots of great information to make composting easier and fun!
Home vegetable gardening
This link will assist you from start to finish in planting, growing, and maintaining your home vegetable garden
Gardening Basics
Learn some of the basics about CA gardening
Growing fruits in your home garden and orchard
This link will assist you from start to finish in planting, growing, and maintianing your home orchard
Invasive Pests in CA
Invasive pests are in California and they sure are hungry. Invasive pests are any kind of damaging animals, insects, plants or plant diseases that are not native to the State.
Tree, shrub and rose care and management
Have a question about trees, shrubs or roses? Find your answer here
Growing Flowers
Tips on growing flowers from the UC California Gardening web-site
Lawn care and management
Do you have a question about your lawn. We just might have the answer
Weed Management
Weed management in lawns and landscape
Starting a school garden
Interested in starting a school garden? We can help get your school garden started. Let us help you now!
Natural Enemies
Natural enemies are organisms that kill, decrease the reproductive potential or otherwise reduce the numbers of another organism. Natural enemies that limit pests are key components of integrated pest management programs
Poisonous Plants
Know your plants - Safe or Poisonous From the UC CA Gardening web-site
Master Gardener Articles & Presentaitons
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Household Hazardous Waste & What to do with it
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