"Where can kids learn beekeeping for free?" someone asked us last week. One of the ways is through the 4-H Youth Development Program. Who can join 4-H, which stands for head, heart, health and hands and which follows the motto, "making the best better?" It's open to all youths ages 5 to 19.

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Hummingbirds eat insects and insects eat hummingbirds. Here a praying mantis lurks by a hummingbird feeder. It was quickly removed to another spot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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What You May Not Know About Hummingbirds

March 5th, 2019

Pollinators aren't just bees, butterflies, beetles and bats. They're also birds, like hummingbirds. Ornithologists tell us that hummingbirds can easily eat their weight in a day, feasting on carbohydrates (nectar from blossoms and sugar water from feeders) and protein (insects and spiders).

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Butterflies roosting in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 26, 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Art Shapiro: California's Monarchs 'on Life Support'

March 4th, 2019

California's monarch population is rapidly declining. They're on life support. What actions should we take? A group of invited guests--invited by the Environmental Defense Fund--met Feb.

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UC Davis professor Jason Bond in his office in the Academic Surge Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Don't Miss 'Eight-Legged Wonders' Open House on March 9 at Bohart Museum, UC Davis

March 1st, 2019

You've heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. But have you heard of the "Eight-Legged Wonders?" You won't want to miss the "Eight-Legged Wonders" open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 9 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis.

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Finding the queen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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How to Become a Beekeeper: UC Davis Offering Classes

February 28th, 2019

Got hives? No, not yet? You can enroll in classes at the University of California, Davis, to learn how to keep bees and how to work your colonies.

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