Backyard Orchard News
Our Bees Deserve The Best
This is National Pollinator Week and what better time to post some bee wisdom from Cooperative...
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus, shows visitors the inside of a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist (now retired) Eric Mussen explains bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Inside the hive: the queen bee goes about laying eggs as worker bees tend to her needs and the needs of the colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Just inTime for Pollinator Week
Just in time for Pollinator Week. The wild bee research co-authored by 58 bee scientists and...
This macro image of a Ceratina bee is the work of Sam Droege of the bee inventory and monitoring program, the U.S. Geological Survey. This image is part of the public domain.
This is a female sweat bee, genus Lasioglossum, on a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads for a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Buzzing of the Bees
It's National Pollinator Week, and Ann Sievers couldn't be happier. She has her olive groves, her...
Ann Sievers stands by her bees, a new addition to IL Fiorello. This week is National Pollinator Week. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ann Sievers checks an olive tree. The apiary is in the background.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bees are thriving at IL Fiorello. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on a rose at the entrance to IL Fiorello. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Beckoning World of Butterflies
"Generally, butterflies are brightly colored on the top side and have dull colors on the underside....
A monarch, Danaus plexippus, forages on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a monarch, Danaus plexippus,on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Check Out the Pollen!
Talk about a pollen-packing bumble bee. A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii,...
Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)