Posts Tagged: honey bees
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Ever seen honey bees engaging in washboarding? It's a behavior so named because they look as...
Honey bees engaging in washboarding behavior with "rocking" or up-and-down movements. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Foragers flying back to the hive as their sisters engage in washboarding activity on the wall, or what Susan Cobey calls "sweeping the front porch." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Lavender Blossom Special
If you want to take photos of honey bees in flight, do so early in the morning. They don't move as...
Honey bee in flight, heading toward a lavender blossom. Note the varroa mite on her head.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Pomegranate Kind of Day
It was a pomegranate kind of day. Red, bright and wonderful.The papery-thin reddish blossoms in our...
Honey bee nearly collides with a ladybug, aka ladybeetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging in pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red Alert!
Our yard is filled with such bee friendly plants as salvia, lavender, catmint and rock...
Honey bees gather around a hummingbird feeder. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of honey bee sipping a sugar-water mixture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Late afternoon sun backlights a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why Genetic Diversity Is Important in the Honey Bee
The declining population of honey bees troubles us all.Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, who...
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (center with frame) teaches a queen-bee rearing class. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)