Backyard Orchard News
The Bee and the Ant
Lavender. Honey bees love it. We watched a honey bee foraging on lavender blossoms last...
A honey bee encounters a velvety tree ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Velvety tree ant touches the antennae of a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fran Keller: Entomologist, Teacher, Artist, Author
When Mary Frances "Fran" Keller, doctoral candidate at the UC Davis Department of Entomology,...
Fran Keller photographing insects in the Mojave Desert. (Photo by Mark deVries)
Fran Keller is a big fan of all things insects. She designed the monarch t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen Power
Bees carry pollen in their pollen baskets, but that's not the only place. "Pollen grains adhere to...
Honey bee covered with pollen; she is on a yellow coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of honey bee covered with pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No-See-Ums, But You Feel 'Em
It happened unexpectedly. Tabatha Yang and her six-month-old son, Karoo, were sitting on their...
No-see-um, 70 times life size. (Illustration by Lynn Kimsey)
Even after five days, the bites are still visible. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Promenade in the Pomegranates
What a match--honey bees and pomegranate blossoms. Watching the golden bees forage amid the...
A backlit honey bee heads for a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caught in flight, a honey bee makes a beeline to a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The nectar of the gods. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)