Posts Tagged: bees
Bumble Bees and Tithonia: Perfect Match
A perfect match: a bumble bee foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. Lately we've...
A bumble bee, identified as a male Bombus californicus, foraging on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male California bumble bee, Bombus californicus, peeks through the flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Over here is better. A male Bombus californicus foraging on a Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The male California bumble bee, Bombus californicus, takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Who Tie-Dyed This Flower?
Did someone come in the middle of night and tie-dye this flower? No, just Mother Nature showing us...
The dwarf morning glory, Convolvulus tricolor, putting on a show. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A fly takes a liking to the dwarf morning glory, Convolvulus tricolor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tobacco Budworm Vs. Honey Bee
Please, please, forget to eat our forget-me-nots! But it's not going to happen. So here we...
A tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, munching on Chinese forget-me-nots in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee arrives and wants the same flower that the tobacco budworm is munching on. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a "no go" for sharing. The honey bee opts for a different blossom as the tobacco budworm continues munching. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee tries to push her way in but the tobacco budworm refuses to budge. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sorry, Bee, I'm Closed for Bees-Ness
A honey bee heads for a patch of California golden poppies. She finds a blossom she...
"Open up!" A honey bee attempts to enter a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Maybe I'll try this entrance." The honey bee doesn't realize that some flowers close for the night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Please, please open?" The honey bee makes no progress. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"You're closed for bee-ness?" the honey bee mumbles. "Oh, well, guess I'll come back tomorrow."
Who Deliberately Runs Over Bee Hives?
Sometimes you hear about bored teenagers trashing bee hives by deliberately throwing rocks at...
Remnants of the 40 bee colonies destroyed when a truck driver, under cover of darkness, deliberately drove over them last week in Winters. They belonged to Caroline Yelle, owner of Pope Valley Queens.
An image of Caroline Yelle, owner of Pope Valley Queens, prior to her two major losses: a wildfire in August of 2020, and major felony vandalism in June 2023.