Posts Tagged: Xerces Society
The 100 Most Endangered Species
The world's "100 Most Endangered Species" are back in the news again, and well they should...
Robbin Thorp with his computer screen showing a photo he took of Franklin's bumble bee, one of the world's 100 most endangered species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This macro image of Franklin's bumble bee is the work of Robbin Thorp.
Robbing Nectar
We all take short cuts--short cuts around the campus, to the beach, to a favorite...
Carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, robbing nectar from salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee gathering nectar from a carpenter bee's pierced hole in the long tube of a salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Another honey bee reaping the benefits of nectar robbing by a carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Saving the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee
It's good to see that the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and noted bumble bee expert...
Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp of UC Davis is a nationally known expert on bumble bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This photo of the rusty-patched bumble bee is the 2012 work of Christy Stewart at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Wisconsin.
The Importance of Pollinators
It's a brief appearance but the message is important. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams,...
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Saving the Bumble Bees
It's sad to see and say, but like honey bees, the bumble bee population is declining, and that...
Yellow-faced bumble bee nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)