Posts Tagged: Bombus vosnesenskii
A Bumble Bee Ballet
Ever watched a bumble bee ballet? Bumble bees may look clumsy in flight, but they get the job...
A yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads for Phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Packing red pollen, this yellow-faced bumble bee targets another Phacelia blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Buzzing and never missing a beat, this bumble bee is a study in movement. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A bumble bee ballet ends where another one begins. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Early scientists figured it was aerodynamically impossible for bumble bees to fly due to their...
Packing red pollen from lupine, Lupinus arboreus, a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads toward more blossoms at Doran Regional Park, Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scientists used to think that the flight of the bumble bee was aerodynamically impossible. But nobody told the bumble bee it couldn't fly! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The end? A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads back to her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Delight to See in January: A Bombus in Benicia
They're out there! Yes, after a l-o-n-g, cold, hard winter, bumble bees are emerging. At least in...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads for oxalis blossoms in Benicia on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, on oxalis in Benicia. Note the orange pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bombus vosnesenskii, caught in flight, targets oxalis in Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee buzzes toward the foraging bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nighty-Night, Mr. Bumble Bee!
Have you ever seen a bumble bee sleeping? If you slip out to your garden at night or early...
A male yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sleeps on a Mexican sunflower,Bombus Bombus vosnesenskii,in Vacaville,Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This sleeping male yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, clings to lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Holding tight is this sleeping male yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, clutching a lavender stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Neal Williams Inducted as Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
The highly respected California Academy of Sciences greeted its 2019 Class of Fellows on Oct. 15,...
Neal Williams, newly elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, is "widely known and respected for his excellence in research, extension, outreach, teaching and leadership," wrote nominator James R. Carey. Here Williams works on a bumble bee project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)