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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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Dear Santa: Let Me Bee All I Can Bee

December 4th, 2015
If you're looking for a holiday gift for your favorite beekeeper or a wanna-be beekeeper (hey, that person could be you!), here's something you may want to consider. Bee scientists at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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Monarchs Are Still There

December 3rd, 2015
They're still there. They. Haven't. Moved. The monarch butterflies roosting in an ash tree at the 14th disc golf course hole at the Berkeley Aquatic Park, 80 Bolivar Drive, Berkeley, seem to like it there. They've been there since mid-November. We drove to the park on Monday, Nov.
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Quick: What Critter Eats Styrofoam?

December 1st, 2015
Quick question: What critter can chew and digest Styrofoam? Drum roll...Time's up... If you answered "mealworms"--or the larval form of the darkling beetle, family Tenebrionidae--that's correct.
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When Science and Art Meet

November 29th, 2015
When entomologist Diane Ulman, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and self-described rock artist Donna Billick of Davis co-founded the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program, one of the many outcomes is LASER.
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