Posts Tagged: honey bees
Celebrating the Honey Bees and Earth Day
Doom or gloom? Boom or bloom? Today is Earth Day, and millions of folks around the world...
Two honey bees forage in the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cordovan honey bee dives head first in a tower of jewels blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, its tongue or proboscis extended, heads for a nectar treat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How to Bee All You Can Bee
A bee is a bee is a bee. A fly is a fly is a fly. Thank you, Gertrude Stein. If you've ever wanted...
A drone fly on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee on a tangerine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A drone fly on a gum plant blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Going Native with the Native Bees
If you want to learn more about native bees, mark your calendar for Saturday, April...
Male mountain carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, nectaring on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
When Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Cherry Laurels)
It's definitely a bee friendly plant, packed with nectar and pollen. The cherry laurel, Prunus...
A backlit honey bee, its tongue or proboscis extended, heads for cherry laurel blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The anticipation of nectar and pollen is intense. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Touchdown! Pollen and nectar on the cherry laurel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Plant 'em and They Will Come
In the movie, "Field of Dreams," an Iowa corn farmer hears a voice whispering "If you build it, he...
A honey bee forages on a ceanothus (California lilac) in the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee takes a liking to white flowering quince in the White Garden, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery will be the site of a Member Appreciation Sale on Saturday, March 12. Prospective members can join at the door. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)