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A Bumble Bee on Mustard in the Golden State

What's better than a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) on yellow mustard? Not much....

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Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 5:22 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Barbara Ertter (3), Bombus vosnesenskii (2), California Bees and Blooms (17), Golden State (1), Gordon Frankie (8), Robbin Thorp (12), Rollin Coville (5), UC ANR (2), yellow mustard (1), Yellow-faced bumble bee (2)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Natural Resources

Here Come the Carpenter Bees!

It's spring and it's loud in the Spanish lavender patch. The girls--the honey bees--are buzzing...

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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2018 at 6:21 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Barbara Ertter (3), California Bees and Blooms (17), Gordon Frankie (8), Robbin Thorp (12), Rollin Coville (5), Xyclocopa tabaniformis orpifex (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

Bumbling Into Spring

Might As Well Be Spring"I'm as restless as a willow in a windstormI'm as jumpy as puppet on a...

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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 2:48 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus melanopygus (2), bumble bee (2), Bumble Bees of North America (3), California Bees and Blooms (17), nectarine blossom (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

Bumble Bee Braking During a Winter Break

You never know what you'll find when you visit a pollinator garden. Take the case of our visit...

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Posted on Friday, December 1, 2017 at 3:57 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (2), Bumble Bees of Noth America (1), California Bees and Blooms (17), Gordon Frankie (8), Robbin Thorp (12), The Bee Friendly Garden (1), yellow-faced bumble bee (2)

Hey, Honey Bee, I'll Race You to the Flowers!

Hey, honey bee, I'll race you to the flowers. Okay, but you'll lose. I can go faster. Watch...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Apis mellifera (1), Bombus melanopygus (2), bumble bee (2), Bumble Bees of North America (3), California Bees and Blooms (17), honey bee (2), Robbin Thorp (12)

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