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Pesticide Precautions 06/26/14 Frank M. Watson
Last month, a Jefferson County woman died and her three grandchildren were sickened after a pesticide, labeled for agricultural use only, was used to kill insects inside their home. Unfortunately, this tragic story now serves as an opportunity for University of Georgia Extension agents like myself to stress the importance of following label instructions on pesticides and other chemicals.
Georgia 4-H Club members honor Beverly Sparks, director of UGA Extension, at their 4-H Council meeting in June. Sparks, the first female leader of UGA Extension, will retire June 30. The 4-H club members presented Sparks with a portrait that will hang along side those of other past 4-H and UGA Extension leaders at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton. CAES News
Sparks Retires 06/26/14 Sharon Dowdy
After leading the organization for seven years, director of University of Georgia Extension Beverly Sparks will retire June 30.
While bee populations have been declining for the past several decades, urban beekeeping and public awareness of pollinators are on the rise. CAES News
Pollinator Protection 06/19/14 Merritt Melancon
News of the startling decline in bee and pollinator populations covers newspapers and gardening magazines, but they often don’t offer much advice on how people can reverse this trend. Stop using pesticides around the home and garden? Install beehives where the swing set used to be?
An early morning golfer stops to inspect the pollinator habitat at the University of Georgia Golf Course. This patch near the course's first hole is filled with a mix of wildflowers that will bloom from March to September. It's the first of seven to eight acres of pollinator habitat slated for the golf course. CAES News
Golf Course Pollinators 06/18/14 Merritt Melancon
Golf courses are some of the most heavily managed urban landscapes, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have room for wildlife. At the University of Georgia, golf course superintendent Scott Griffith is making sure pollinators have the flowers and space they need to thrive.
Wildflowers grow on a hillside at the University of Georgia Research and Education Garden in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
Wildflower Planting 06/18/14 Frank M. Watson
Whether you plant wildflowers in huge swaths along roadsides or in tiny pocket gardens in the backyard, the vibrant colors and rich mixtures these hardy plants bring are sure to please any flower-lover’s eye and attract beneficial pollinating insects
Ambrosia beetle damage on a fig tree. CAES News
Fig Pest 06/12/14 Paul Pugliese
Backyard fig gardeners may be seeing toothpick-like spines protruding from their beloved fig trees. This is a sign that ambrosia beetles are boring into the tree’s stems.