Backyard Orchard News
Native on Native
Native on native. That's when you get when you see a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus...
Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) crawls inside a penstemon "Evelyn." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Just the feet of the yellow-faced bumble bee show. At right, another yellow-faced bumble bee heads off to a flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee emerging from penstemon blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citricola Scale Trial Work
Sara Scott and Jennifer Ruvalcaba mix up a tank of an experimental insecticide they are testing for...
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KARE's Laura Van der Staay presents awards at Toronto conference
Clinton Morse of the University of Connecticut received a certificate of appreciation for his efforts in supporting the AERGC with information and communications technology. Dennis Raath of Lock Drives received a certificate of appreciation plaque in recognition of his years of dedicated service to the association.
About 120 delegates from across North America – and one from Germany – attended the three-day conference held at the University of Toronto.
No Sweat Being Green
Beekeepers describe their honey bees as "my girls" or "my beautiful girls." It's a term of...
Male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the metallic green head and thorax of a male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spotted cucumber beetle (a pest) and male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, sharing a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Blue Can It Be?
How blue can it be? We spotted a metallic blue bug, one of nature's most amazing colors, last...
Close-up of a bordered plant bug, family Largidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bordered plant bug, family Largidae, crawling on a Euphorbia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)