Backyard Orchard News
Lindcove REC Roads Resurfaced
A portion of the roads around the main buildings at Lindcove are being reworked and...
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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)
Pollinator Paradise
Picture a pollinator paradise right where nature intended it to be--near an apiary. Staff research...
Beekeeper Elizabeth Frost in front of the pollinator patch she planted. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flame skimmer dragonfly rests on an unopened poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Drone fly crawls up a petal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bed Check!
All winter long my bee condo housed 16 tenants...and one earwig. And quite comfortably, too, thank...
Newly emerged leafcutter bee outside her nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One leafcutter bee is tucked in head first; the other is ready to leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red Scale Degree Day Update June 11
Degree days are about 1 week behind the 30 year average. This year in Tulare County, the first male flight occurred in mid-March, the first crawlers appeared in mid-May, and this week as the degree days approach 1100, the 2nd flight of male scale has begun.
Kern: 1089
Tulare: 1051
Fresno: 1036
Madera: 915