Posts Tagged: mustard
Good News for the Bees!
Good news for the honey bees! And none too soon. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary...
Honey bee foraging on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rapini! Rapini! Rapini!
Honey bee population declining? You wouldn't know it if you were to visit the two rapini patches...
A honey bee foraging on rapini at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee takes a liking to the rapini. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Multi-tasking honey bee cleaning its tongue and packing its pollen load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A large pollen load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wearing of the Green--and the Yellow
St. Patrick's Day is the "wearing of the green," but it's also the "wearing of the yellow." Wild...
Bee hives nestled in a field of green and yellow (mustard) along Highway 12, Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging in mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Going 'Rad'
It may not be the farmer's friend, but it's the beekeeper's friend. Wild radish (Raphanus...
A honey bee heading for wild radish. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee in motion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Yellow Face and Red Saddlebags
The yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) may be one of the most underappreciated...
Foraging Bumble Bee
Saddlebags