Posts Tagged: in the pink
'Tis the Season to Be 'In the Pink'
As the predominantly red-and-green holiday season draws to a close, and the year crawls to an end,...
A honey bee "in the pink" is foraging on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee seeking a pink rockpurlane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on a pink zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee is "in the pink"--foraging on a pink oxalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's not to like about a pink nectarine blossom? This bee goes in head first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Well, Hello There, Queen Bumble Bee!
So, there she is, an out-of-season queen bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, nectaring on an...
A queen bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, sipping nectar from an ice plant at Bodega Bay on Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bombus vosenenskii, a native, departs a non-native, the invasive ice plant, Carpobrotus edulis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bombus vosenenskii, with the familiar yellow band on its abdomen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flurry of Pink at Gold Ridge
There's a flurry of pink at the Gold Ridge. That would be the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment...
A pink lady, Amaryllis belladonna, nearly swallows a foraging honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee trails the pink petals of a naked lady, Amaryllis belladonna. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why We Want Our Bees to Be 'In the Pink!
Bees are known to prefer yellow and blue flowers, but pink suits them just fine, too. Here's...
Two honey bees nearly collide over this pink zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee burrows in a pink oxalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A young honey bee takes a liking to a pink begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing Spots at the Bohart
If you walk into the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you'll see...
The Bohart team includes (front, from left) graduate students Charlotte Herbert and Jessica Gillung and undergraduate student Wade Spencer. In back (from left) are UC Davis biology student Emma Cluff; Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator; Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology; and Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing spots--scores of t-shirts are lined up, ready to be placed in the gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)