Posts Tagged: yellow-faced bumble bee

Borage! Borage! Borage!

A recent trip to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg, yielded spectacular views of the ocean, but something else also proved...

Honey bee foraging on borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-face bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) takes a liking to borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) takes a liking to borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Haven for Bumble Bees

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is not only a haven for honey bees; it's a haven for bumble bees and other native pollinators. A yellow-faced bumble...

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging in Bee Bliss salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging in Bee Bliss salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) peers at a visitor in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) peers at a visitor in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Give Us an A, B, and C

"A" is for anemone, "B" is for bumble bee and "C" is for coneflower.A visit to the Oregon state capitol grounds in Salem last Tuesday found scores of...

Bumble Bee on Anemone

WORKER BUMBLE BEE on anemone. This is a female yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii), as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Foraging

THIS WORKER BUMBLE BEE (Bombus vosnesenskii) is foraging on anemone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male Bumble Bee

A MALE bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, the Diversity in the Garden

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on...

Sweat Bee

SWEAT BEE--This is a striped sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, on a Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is one of three species of bumble bees detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. This bumble bee is foraging on a tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii). The haven's five towers of jewels will bloom in the spring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leafcutter Bee

ANOTHER BEE detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) This one is on a rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sunflower Bee

SUNFLOWER BEE, Svastra obliqua expurgata, foraging on a sunflower head. This bee is one of more than 50 species of bees found in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sharing a Cone (Flower)

It's fun seeing little children sharing a cone...an ice cream cone.But have you ever seen a bumble bee and honey bee sharing a cone...

Coneflower

BUMBLE BEE and a honey bee share a coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two Visitors

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee and a honey bee circle a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Touching

TOUCHING--A bumble bee touches a honey bee on a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Victory

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) emerges the victor on the coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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