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Santa And His Helpers Answer Arianna’s Letter
It all started with a letter to Santa (from Arianna). The employees of the Post
Office and the elves at the Hastings Island Hunting club decided to adopt
the family for Christmas. Santa (MichelleMarcelTavares) surprised Arianna (7 yrs old), Hunter (10 yrs old), Logan (11 yrs old) and Alexis (13 yrs old) with gifts. Mom (Valerie Guzman) received a food basket filled with turkey and all the trimmings and $100 gift card (the gift card and most of the food were donated by the elves at the Hastings Island Hunting club). The
group photo is of the family including grandpa and grandma, Santa, Santa’s helper and some of the Rio Vista postal employees. Yvonne Marriott OIC Rio Vista Post Office
‘THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS’? NOT! IT’S ‘THE THIRTEEN BUGS OF CHRISTMAS’
‘THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS’? NOT! IT’S ‘THE THIRTEEN BUGS OF CHRISTMAS’ �
The Department of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, came up with a song at its annual holiday party that drew roaring applause-
and attention to bugs that either please or plague people. The song, written by honey bee specialist Eric Mussen and communications specialist Kathy Keatley Garvey, included a psyllid in a pear tree, six lice a’laying, 10 locusts leaping and 11 queen bees piping. “We attempted to keep the wording as close as possible for ‘The 12 Bugs of Christmas’ and then we opted to spotlight some new agricultural pests in the next stanza,� said Mussen, an Extension apiculturist and member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty since 1976. The song: On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a psyllid in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, two tortoises beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the third day
of Christmas, my true love gave to me, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the eighth
day of Christmas, my true love gave to me eight ants a’milking, seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me nine mayflies dancing, eight ants a’milking, seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 10 locusts leaping, nine mayflies dancing, eight ants a’milking, seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, nine mayflies dancing, eight ants a’milking, seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 deathwatch beetles drumming, 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, nine mayflies dancing, eight ants a’milking, seven boatmen swimming, six lice a’laying, five golden bees, four calling cicadas, three French flies, two tortoise
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beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree Knowing the agony that Californians experience with the seemingly unending flood of pests, Mussen felt it “bugworthy� to add this verse: “On the 13th day of Christmas, Californians woke to see: 13 Kaphra beetles 12 Diaprepes weevils 11 citrus psyllids 10 Tropilaelaps clareae nine melon fruitflies eight Aedes aegypti seven ash tree borers six spotted-wing Drosophila five gypsy moths four Japanese beetles three imported fire ants two brown apple moths and a medfly in a pear tree Mussen, who led the department in song, made sure he pronounced and defined “Tropilaelaps clareae� before the sing-a-long. “It’s a newly discovered mite in honey bee colonies,� he told the crowd. Mussen writes the bimonthly “from the UC apiaries� newsletter found on the department’s website at http://entomology. ucdavis.edu/faculty/ mussen/news.cfm Kathy Keatley Garvey Communications Specialist Department of Entomology 396A Briggs Hall One Shields Ave. University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 754-6894 Fax: (530) 752-1537 kegarvey@ucdavis.edu
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