Posts Tagged: sunflower bee
Pollen Party
Makes sense that the sunflower bee (Svastra spp.) forages on the genus Cosmos. Cosmos (also...
Sunflower bee (Svastra spp.) foraging on cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of pollen on a sunflower bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Green-Eyed Bee
So you're poking around in your garden and you see a bee on a flowering artichoke that you've never...
Long-horned sunflower bee tucked in a flowering artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male long-horned sunflower bee (Svastra obliqua expurgata) before he buzzed off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Will the Real Honey Bee Stand Up?
Will the real honey bee stand up?Not all bees are honey bees and not all floral visitors that look...
Drone fly visiting the Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sunflower bee packing a load of pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee nectaring a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Putting the 'Sun' in Sunflower
It's often mistaken for the honey bee.But it's not a honey bee (Apis mellifera). It's a different...
Sunflower bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, on Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the long-horn sunflower bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oh, the Diversity in the Garden
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the...
Sweat Bee
Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee
Leafcutter Bee
Sunflower Bee