Posts Tagged: bee plants

Feeding the Bees

Talk about good news.   Honey bees will definitely benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement Tuesday that it will provide...

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

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

Color Them Hungry

As summer nears its end, the honey bees are hungry. That's why Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

A honey bee foraging on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee on sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee on sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee on a blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee on a blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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