Backyard Orchard News
What a Stretch to Get the Nectar!
How often do you see a honey bee "standing upright" to reach nectar? "Well, I guess I could just...
A honey bee "stands upright" to reach the nectar on a Photinia blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Okay, I'll buzz over to it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Mining for Bees' in the Cherry Laurels
Have you checked to see what's foraging on your early spring blooms? Our cherry laurels (Prunus...
A tiny Andrena candida foraging in the cherry laurels in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Andrena nigrocaerulea foraging in the cherry laurels in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Marching for Science on April 22
A honey bee, dusted with blue pollen, forages on a bird's eye, Gilia tricolor. We tower above her...
A honey bee, dusted with blue pollen, forages on a bird's eye, Gilia tricolor. This photo was taken in April 2010, when all was not right in the bee world. It still isn't. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insects "March for Science" in this art work by ESA member Carly M. Tribull.
Generous Donation from the Delfinos
A big shout out to Tom Delfino, Director of the California Citrus Nursery Society, and his wife...
A Dazzling Display of Red Pollen
Some folks worry about "getting the red out." How about "getting the red in?" Have you ever seen...
A honey bee packing red pollen stops to sip from nectar from Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee adjusting her load of red pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)