Posts Tagged: Leptospermum scoparium

In the Pink

Honey bees can't get enough of the New Zealand tea tree, which, as its name implies, is a native of New Zealand.  Our favorite New Zealand tea...

Honey bee on a New Zealand tea tree, Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a New Zealand tea tree, Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of New Zealand tea tree blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of New Zealand tea tree blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bye, Bye 2012

The last honey bee of 2012. Despite the cold weather at Bodega Bay last Friday, we managed to see a few honey bees nectaring a New Zealand tea tree,...

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Tea for Two

In a way, it's "tea for two."The New Zealand tea tree, Leptospermum scoparium, aka "manuka," "tea tree," and "Leptospermum," is a favorite of the...

Leptospermum

HONEY BEE heads for a Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi, also known as a "royal pink manuka." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

CLOSE-UP of a honey bee nectaring a Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi, or "royal pink manuka." The Leptospermum scoparium is also known as a tea tree; Capt. Cook used to make tea from the leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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