Posts Tagged: Robbin Thorp
A Bee Celebration
Talk about a bee celebration! Folks with a passion for honey bees and native bees can head over to...
Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) nectaring on California white sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, looks over a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mother's Day Delight
Mother's Day, insect-style, dawned like any other day. In our back yard, golden honey bees foraged...
Italian honey bee foraging on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug, aka lady beetle, chasing aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Just Wanna Be Your Teddy Bear...
"Just wanna be your teddy bear..." When Elvis Presley sang that, his fans swooned. Well, there...
Honey bee and male carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) on tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the male Valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) on tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Mining' for Bees
If you visit the Jepson Prairie Reserve near Vacaville-Dixon in Solano County, keep your eyes out...
Andrena bee on meadowfoam. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Andrena bee cradled inside a meadowfoam at the Jepson Prairie Reserve. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Welcome Visitor
At first I thought it was a yellow-faced bumble bee. Sort of like applying the adage, "When all...
Black-Tail Bumble Bee
From the Top
Buzzing Wings