During the spring and fall migration season, the center also has programs such as "The Wild Birds of Prey," a one-hour series of lectures given by Barbara Harvey who brings in injured and recovering birds, and speaks of their contribution and value to the land. During the spring and fall migration season, the center also has programs such as "The Wild Birds of Prey," a one-hour series of lectures given by Barbara Harvey who brings in injured and recovering birds, and speaks of their...

In recent years, however, the real money in beekeeping has shifted from honey production to pollination, which means hives from all over the country end up on the West Coast to pollinate crops like almonds, cherries and apples. Before him, his father worked with bees, and before that, his grandfather kept honeybees, a tradition stretching back to 1925. RIVERTON -- Honeybees swirl about as men pull wooden frames from hives and pump in a mixture of corn syrup and sucrose. When the weather...

Sweet peony memories Little remains of a once major flower-growing operation in Cabin Creek By Brice Stump Staff Writer CABIN CREEK -- There's plenty of corn and soybeans growing across Delmarva, but at one time, some farmers counted on peonies as a cash crop. Sweet peony memories Little remains of a once major flower-growing operation in Cabin Creek By Brice Stump Staff Writer CABIN CREEK -- There's plenty of corn and soybeans growing across Delmarva, but at one time, some farmers counted...

Exotic moth could cost state agriculture $100 million Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Reed Fujii Record Staff Writer May 27, 2007 6:00 AM San Joaquin County farm officials are on the lookout for a small brown moth, native to Australia, that some fear could cost California agriculture $100 million a year. Exotic moth could cost state agriculture $100 million Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Reed Fujii Record Staff Writer May 27,...

Plant the next block of sweet corn when the previous one reaches to 1 inch in height. The best way to do it is not by the calendar -- later plantings often catch up with earlier ones -- but by plant development, Upham says. Prostrate spurge -- One of those weeds we hate to see in the lawn is prostrate spurge, a mat of stems that are filled with little leaves. The -inch-long beetles are conspicuously colored with black head and antennae, straw-yellow thorax, and yellowish wing covers with...