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Word of the Day: Nototribic

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus with a thick load of resin on her thorax. She had just visited a nototribic flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The black-tailed bumble bee wasn't flying very well. You wouldn't, either, if you were trying to...

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Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 6:25 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Africa Gomez (1), Bombus melanopygus. (2), bumble bee (28), nototribic flowers (1), Robbin Thorp (12), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (3)

Focus Area Tags: Natural Resources

Bumbling Into Spring

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, heads for a nectarine tree in Vacaville, Calif. on March 18. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus melanopygus (6), bumble bee (28), Bumble Bees of North America (2), California Bees and Blooms (2), nectarine blossom (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

A Royal Moment with a Queen Bumble Bee

A queen bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on Salvia indigo spires in Kate Frey's pollinator garden on Nov. 12, 2017 at the Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's Thanksgiving Day and time to give thanks for NOT what we WANT, but what we HAVE. And, not for...

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Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 2:00 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (9), bumble bee (28), Kate Frey (2), pollinator garden (1), queen bumble bee (1), Sonoma Cornerstone (2), The Bee Friendly Garden (1)

A Reason Why Bumble Bee Population Is Declining

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on Salvia 'Indigo Spires' in Kate Frey's pollinator garden at the Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The news is disturbing but not unexpected. Scientists are linking global climate change to one...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 3:05 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (9), bumble bee (28), declining bumble bee population (1), Florida State University (1), Indigo Spires (1), Kate Frey (2), Robbin Thorp (12), salvia (1), Sonoma Cornerstone (2)

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

A honey bee and a bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, head for the same patch of lavender. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Apis mellifera (1), Bombus melanopygus (6), bumble bee (28), Bumble Bees of North America (2), California Bees and Blooms (2), honey bee (7), Robbin Thorp (12)

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