Posts Tagged: swimming pool

Today's the Fourth of July and folks are splashing in their pools. So, what happens when a bee...

Summertime...and the living is easy...A female sweat bee, genus Halictus, floats on a leaf in a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Summertime...and the living is easy...A female sweat bee, genus Halictus, floats on a leaf in a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Okay, I’ll admit it. I have a soft spot for honey bees. Today I fished out some thoroughly...

Drenched honey bee gets ready to sip honey from a plastic spoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Drenched honey bee gets ready to sip honey from a plastic spoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Honey bee cleaning her tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee cleaning her tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM

It's raining bumble bees in our pool.Yellow-faced bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii). And honey bees...

Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

ALL WET--Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) emerges from the pool. In a few moments it took flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey Bee

RESCUED honey bee from the pool. It survived the splash landing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 5:48 PM