Backyard Orchard News
Are Bees Finding the 'Zen' in Zinnias?
Eye-catching zinnias grace the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly...
Honey bee nectaring on a zinnia in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Circling a zinnia blossom, a honey bee seeks food for her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Diggin' the Bees in Bodega
They can fool you. Just like replica designer bags, shoes and sunglasses meant to look like the...
Female digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, heads for her nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Packing pollen, a female digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, crawls into her nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey),
Outline of sand cliff with female digger bee heading home. Note the turrets these bees build. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The male digger bee, Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana, looks less like a bumble bee than the female. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citrus Peelminer Update
Citrus peelminer generations occur every 580 degree days after the first flight in March. The 3rd citrus peelminer flight that lays eggs on pummelos and grapefruit began the week of June 18. We are now experiencing the 4th flight and in another 580 degree days the fifth flight will occur, which is the one that attacks susceptible orange varieties such as Fukumoto and Atwood. For more info, see the degree days on the web page: http://ucanr.org/sites/KACCitrusEntomology/Home/Citrus_Peelminer/Degree_Day_Calculations/
Citricola scale monitoring
This week Lindcove REC is performing the annual citricola scale counts, to determine what type of...
2nd instar citricola scale
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)