Busy bees
Shout out and thanks to the bees busy at work this week. We couldn’t do…anything…without you. Let’s keep this in mind when we consider what products and chemicals we put into our yards and gardens and keep it as minimal as possible. Water is enough!
Read MoreBees collecting pollen
There have been many busy bees buzzing by me wherever I go lately, collecting all of that pollen I am delighted to see them taking. Are there any creatures on this planet that do more for us humans?
Read MoreTricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)
Have you ever seen a Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)? This pollinator has quite a dashing look. There are actually 46 species of what most of us call “bumblebees” in the Americas north of Mexico.
Read MoreGrass Pink Orchid & wasp mimic
Pollinator? Not quite. This is a flower fly of the family Syrphidae sitting on the fake anthers of a Grass Pink Orchid (Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus). Orchids have specialized pollinia and don’t have anthers with pollen, like most other flowers. This is a nice case of a trickster (wasp mimic) being tricked…
Read MoreCommon Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)
This Common Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) by Twan reminds me of the bumblebee that stung my hand yesterday after I didn’t realize I had caught it in my net while dragonflying. Thankfully I am not allergic!
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