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Presentation Day and Interview Contest Results!

February 5, 2018
The 2018 Presentation Day and Interview Contest was held on February 3rd at Waterloo School. The results are posted below, and congratulations to all of our participants! Those who received a gold award are eligible to compete at the Are Presentation on April 7th at Madera High School.
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A yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on almond blossoms in Benicia, Calif., on Feb. 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Not Just Honey Bees Pollinate Almonds

February 2, 2018
It's beginning to look a lot like...almond pollination season in California. Almonds usually begin blooming around Valentine's Day, but it's often earlier, depending on where you look or live. Take Benicia, Solano County.
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UCCE San Joaquin County glass art
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Happy New Year!

January 3, 2018
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2018 brings you and UC ANR great opportunity for success! I had a chance to visit s few new places over the break though it was a bit cooler and overcast than ideal for some of them.
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ACP adult and nymph
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Sex Phermone for ACP Found

December 22, 2017
The Asian citrus psyllid, the most devastating threat to the worldwide citrus industry, may have met its match.
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A Gathering of Beekeepers

November 8, 2017
If anyone at Lake Tahoe has bee issues that need answering next week, they need look no farther than Harrah's Lake Tahoe. The beekeepers will be there! The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) will meet for its 128th annual convention, Tuesday through Thursday, Nov.
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West Side REC, Five Points, CA. August 8, 2017.
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Students showcase CASI’s NRI Project in Five Points as part of CDFA’s State Board of Food and Agriculture soil health tour on August 8th!

August 14, 2017
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Students from UC Davis and CSU Fresno presented summaries of work they're involved with at the long-term NRI Project study site in Five Points, CA as part of a soil health tour stop for CDFA's Board of Food and Agriculture on August 8th. Anna Gomes, a UC Davis undergraduate student working with Drs.
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