Posts Tagged: sunflower bees

Sunny-Side Up

You can tell it's summer along Yolo County roads by the acres and acres of sunflower fields. Looking like real-life Van Gogh paintings (Van Gogh...

Honey bees and a sunflower bee forage on a sunflower head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees and a sunflower bee forage on a sunflower head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee boxes line a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee boxes line a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A spectacular sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A spectacular sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Here Come the Sun(Flowers)

You can't drive by a sunflower field without smiling. Their golden heads turned toward the sun, their fringed petals aglow, sunflowers set an...

Honey bee heads for a sunflower in a field off Pedrick Road, Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heads for a sunflower in a field off Pedrick Road, Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of honey bee foraging on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of honey bee foraging on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Row of hives along sunflower field on Pedrick Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Row of hives along sunflower field on Pedrick Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Heaven

A field of green ribboned in yellow.Anyone who drives down Pedrick Road in Dixon, Calif., and sees the spectacular sunflower fields can't help but...

Honey bee foraging on sunflower in a field off Pedrick Road, Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on sunflower in a field off Pedrick Road, Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Dixon, Calif. farmland ablaze with sunflowers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Dixon, Calif. farmland ablaze with sunflowers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of sunflowers. Just add bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of sunflowers. Just add bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Head's up! A lone sunflower head towers above the field as bees buzz toward to it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Head's up! A lone sunflower head towers above the field as bees buzz toward it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carrying a Lot of 'Baggage'

If she were boarding an airline, she'd be charged double for baggage. But she didn't and she wasn't. She's a pollen-packed sunflower bee enjoying...

Svastra obliqua expurgata (Cockerell). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Svastra obliqua expurgata (Cockerell) leaves the flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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