Why silver digger bees are like gold... Remember those "long lost" silver digger bees found last week at the San Francisco Presidio? They hadn't been seen in large aggregations for nearly a century.
UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz lent her expertise when a volunteer discovered what turned out to be "long-lost" silver digger bees in restored sand dunes at the San Francisco Presidio, a former military post now owned and operated by the National Park Service.
There is still time to register for the April 11th SJV Weed Science Extension Day at the Westside Research and Extension Center in Five Points (17353 West Oakland Avenue, Five Points, CA 93624). The meeting at the Westside Center will focus on agronomic crops, ROWs, and tree and vine systems.
There is still time to register for the April 11th SJV Weed Science Extension Day at the Westside Research and Extension Center in Five Points (17353 West Oakland Avenue, Five Points, CA 93624). The meeting at the Westside Center will focus on agronomic crops, ROWs, and tree and vine systems.
General situation After a dry and warmer weekend, the weather will return to a cooler, unsettled pattern next week, with temperatures in the mid 60's to low 70's and significant chance of further rain showers on several days.
New Series of Nitrogen Management Advice Available (Cal Ag Today) March 28 California growers can download a new series of publications summarizing efficient nitrogen management practices from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Is it Friday yet? I've been asking that since Monday. Each day I am further behind and increasingly tired. I'm not sure Friday can fix all of that. Tuesday was a long day at the Capitol. Overall, our visits went well. The stars of our team were the two 4-H'ers from El Dorado County.
Welcome to Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann who starts this week as an Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor, based at the South Coast REC, with programmatic responsibilities in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
Western Innovator: Putting biologicals to work (Capital Press) Padma Nagappan, March 11 Early in life, Surendra Dara decided that no matter which field he chose, he needed to make an impact on it. Always interested in science, he chose agriculture and specialized in entomology.
