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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 (7), Bombus vosnesenskii (3), California Bees and Blooms (8), Golden State (1), Gordon Frankie (20), Robbin Thorp (20), Rollin Coville (10), UC ANR (2), yellow mustard (1), Yellow-faced bumble bee (3)

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 (7), California Bees and Blooms (8), Gordon Frankie (20), Robbin Thorp (20), Rollin Coville (10), Xyclocopa tabaniformis orpifex (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 (3), Bumble Bees of Noth America (1), California Bees and Blooms (8), Gordon Frankie (20), Robbin Thorp (20), The Bee Friendly Garden (2), yellow-faced bumble bee (3)

What's That Bee? How to Identify and Attract Native Bees to Your Garden

Have you ever seen a bee buzzing around your garden and wondered: "What's that bee?" Or have you...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 3:51 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Barbara Ertter (7), Gordon Frankie (20), Kate Frey (3), Robbin Thorp (20), Rollin Coville (10), UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (1)

Kate Frey: How to Attract Pollinators

It's National Pollinator Week and you might be wondering where your pollinators...

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Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 2:09 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Annie''s Annuals and Perennials (1), Gordon Frankie (20), Kate Frey (3), National Pollinator Week (1), pollinator plants (1), pollinator week (1), Robbin Thorp (20), The Bee Friendly Garden (2)

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