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Two aphid insects - the blue alflafa aphid and the pea aphid - are in high numbers this spring in some alfalfa fields in California's Kern and Imperial counties.
University of California, Davis entomologist Larry Godfrey believes warmer temperatures should reduce higher than normal aphid insect population in California's Kern and Imperial counties.
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The Common Threads Award recipients for 2013 are Stephanie Marchini of Le Grand, Sandra Faust of Chowchilla, Jane Bedrosian of Fowler, Elsie Oliveira of Hanford, Karri Hammerstrom, of Kingsburg and Lori Cardoza of Tulare....More
Beekeepers will soon be allowed to use Apivar to treat honey bee colonies for Varroa mites, one of the leading causes of global honeybee population decline and a contributing factor in CCD....More
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