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Debra Jamison (left), state regent, and Gayle Mooney, state treasurer, share a bench that the California State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution purchased for the UC Davis bee garden.
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An Un-bee-lievably Generous Gift

April 18, 2014
What an un-bee-lievably generous gift! Debra Jamison, state regent of the California State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. loves bees. So when it came time to select a fundraising project, she knew what she wanted to do.
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New VTM photo reshot from Joyce - check it!

October 7, 2013
The latest from Joyce. This photo is "looking southwest from point on highway between Drytown and Amador. Cattle ranch headquarters surrounded by grassland without a brush problem. Amador Co.
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More on stinkwort

August 14, 2013
At this weeks Monday Afternoon Weeders (MAW) meeting, Brad Hanson shared the following article from the Sacramento Bee: Stinkwort's fast growth could threaten California's wine growers CBS picked up the story: Wine Country Growers Worried about Stinky Invasive Weed Then theres Jeannette Warnerts blo...
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UCCE Central Sierra Plans for Broom Removal Project

May 12, 2013
Seeing yellow these days? As inthose brightly-blooming yellow-flowering shrubs along roads and hillsides from the Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada foothills. BroomFrench, Spanish, and Scotchis in full spring bloom, even at higher elevations.
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Honey bee foraging on rosemary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Not Everybody Loves Honey Bees

February 21, 2012
Not everybody loves honey bees. Indeed, about one percent of the population will go into anaphylactic shock if they're stung by a bee. That's a very small percentage--one percent--but it's huge if you're allergic to bees. Other folks just don't want to be around them.
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Collaborative Weed Control

February 21, 2012
Collaboration between Partners May Be an Effective Way to Fund Wildland Weed Control Projects Many funding sources for weed eradication have been reduced or completely eliminated.
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Time to plan your yellow starthistle weed attack

November 16, 2011
By Brad Hanson
Article originally posted on the UC ANR Green Blog. Written by Rebecca Miller-Cripps and reposted with permission. Brad Weeds, weeds, weeds! Have you noticed? This has been a banner year for weeds. Puncturevine where Ive never seen it before.
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HONEY BEE, packing red pollen from nearby rock purslane blossoms, nectars lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Benefit for the Bees

March 10, 2010
First question: Concerned about the declining bee population and deteriorating bee health? Second question: Like to paint, draw, sculpt or photograph honey bees? Or craft bee jewelry? Or use another art medium?
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