Posts Tagged: garden

Native Plants Part of Landscape of Gorman Museum of Native American Art

"When the Gorman Museum of Native American Art relocated to a new space, campus partners and students worked to make the grounds nearby...

Black-faced bumble bee, Bombus californicus, on Purple Ginny sage, Salvia coahuilensis. Both are natives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Black-faced bumble bee, Bombus californicus, on Purple Ginny sage, Salvia coahuilensis. Both are natives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading for a redbud, Cercis canadensis, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in the spring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading for a redbud, Cercis canadensis, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in the spring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Good to See Ettamarie Peterson 'Bee' Honored

It was good to see Sonoma County's "Queen Bee," Ettamarie Peterson of Petaluma, bee honored on the cover of the December edition...

Ettamarie Peterson, known as the "Queen Bee of Sonoma County," gets ready to greet visitors at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party, an annual event held every August in the museum courtyard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ettamarie Peterson, known as the "Queen Bee of Sonoma County," gets ready to greet visitors at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party, an annual event held every August in the museum courtyard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bumble Bee's Red Pollen: 'Tis the Season

Ever noticed that when yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forage in lupine that their pollen is red? Last July when we were camping...

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, packing red pollen from a lupine last July at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, packing red pollen from a lupine last July at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Good News on the Monarch Front

Good news on the monarch front.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened...

A monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This monarch chrysalis formed on a bird feeder in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This monarch chrysalis formed on a bird feeder in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female monarch foraging in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female monarch foraging in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Last of Its Generation

Look, over there! It's Thanksgiving Week and there's a newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary on a tattered pink zinnia "that looks as it has seen...

A newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary suns itself on a zinnia in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary suns itself on a zinnia in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Gulf Fritillary shows its silver-spangled wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Gulf Fritillary shows its silver-spangled wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A splash of yellow behind the Gulf Fritillary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A splash of yellow behind the Gulf Fritillary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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