{"id":1546,"date":"2025-12-02T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:36:29","slug":"december-2025-anr-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/2025\/12\/december-2025-anr-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2025 &#8211; ANR Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"UGA Extension logo and image of leaves with citrus greening\" class=\"wp-image-879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2023\/04\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2023\/04\/image-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2023\/04\/image-768x173.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uga-caes-caes-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><ul class=\"\"><li><a href=\"#armadillos-friend-or-foe\" data-smooth-scroll=\"true\">Protecting Ground-Nesting Bees in Urban Landscapes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#agriculture-of-thanksgiving\" data-smooth-scroll=\"true\">A Yankee Learns to Garden in SE Coastal Georgia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Extension-Holiday-Office-Hours\" data-smooth-scroll=\"true\">Invasive Species: Camphortree (Camphora officinarum)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"armadillos-friend-or-foe\"><strong>Protecting Ground-Nesting Bees in Urban Landscapes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UGA Extension contacts: Zia Valerie Williamson and Shimat V. Joseph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/11\/ground-nesting-bees-specimen.jpeg\" alt=\"Ground nesting bee with nectar on body while feeding inside a purple flower\" class=\"wp-image-1549 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/11\/ground-nesting-bees-specimen.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/11\/ground-nesting-bees-specimen-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/11\/ground-nesting-bees-specimen-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>A Ground-Nesting Bee in the Family&nbsp;<em>Melissodes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: David Cappaert, Bugwood.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 50% of the world\u2019s population currently resides in urban areas, which continue to expand. Bees are among the most populous, diverse, and effective pollinators. Approximately 70% of bee species nest in the ground, spending their larval and pupal stages underground (Figure 1). Continued urbanization threatens natural spaces, as land degradation, pollution, and habitat destruction present serious challenges to sustaining bee populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldreport.caes.uga.edu\/publications\/C1358\/protecting-ground-nesting-bees-urban-landscapes\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOJeNVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEeUhMTQF7rae8Gy2EH_sTKXmMYd8UKAGzWGeIDj9itIKH5O8gbsS-QTq9Y4O4_aem_31LvgYqOSlpjticCgpb-ig\">Continue Reading &#8216;Protecting Ground-Nesting Bees in Urban Landscapes&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"agriculture-of-thanksgiving\"><strong>A Yankee Learns to Garden in SE Coastal Georgia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by: Mary Helan Turner, Glynn Co Master Gardener<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gmanr\/2025\/11\/a-yankee-learns-to-garden-in-se-coastal-georgia\/\">Read Article &#8216;A Yankee Learns to Garden in Coastal Georgia&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Extension-Holiday-Office-Hours\"><strong>Invasive Species:<\/strong> <strong>Camphortree (<em>Camphora officinarum<\/em>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/12\/Camphor-Tree-2.jpg\" alt=\"camphoretree leaves with hanging purplish black pea size fruit\" class=\"wp-image-1558 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/12\/Camphor-Tree-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/camdenanr\/files\/2025\/12\/Camphor-Tree-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Invasive broad-leaved evergreen tree, grows up to 100 ft tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leaves<\/strong> are alternate, shiny, dark green above and lighter green below, and have wavy margins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flowers<\/strong> in spring and are small white to cream colored<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fruit<\/strong> is a black, pea-sized berry on a stem in small groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo Credit: Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eddmaps.org\/species\/subject.cfm?sub=162766\">Learn more abut the Camphortree<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alternatative native is the Black Cherry which is a deciduous tree<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/edis.ifas.ufl.edu\/publication\/ST516\">Learn more about the Black Cherry tree<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protecting Ground-Nesting Bees in Urban Landscapes UGA Extension contacts: Zia Valerie Williamson and Shimat V. Joseph A Ground-Nesting Bee in the Family&nbsp;Melissodes. Photo credit: David Cappaert, Bugwood.org. Over 50% of the world\u2019s population currently resides in urban areas, which continue to expand. Bees are among the most populous, diverse, and effective pollinators. 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