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Blanket Flower: the Picture of Autumn

If you've been ignoring your calendar, you may have not realized that autumn began Sept. 23. We know it as the season between summer and winter,...

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, clings to a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, clings to a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, clings to a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Yard & Garden

Are You Ready for National Pollinator Week?

Nothing says National Pollinator Week more than a honey bee coated in pollen. Make mine yellow. Yellow pollen. There's plenty of time to...

Peek-a-bee! A honey bee, blanketed with pollen, forages on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-bee! A honey bee, blanketed with pollen, forages on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Peek-a-bee! A honey bee, blanketed with pollen, forages on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Up, up and away! A pollen-packing honey bee leaves the blanket flower, Gaillardia, taking the pollen with her. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up, up and away! A pollen-packing honey bee leaves the blanket flower, Gaillardia, taking the pollen with her. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Up, up and away! A pollen-packing honey bee leaves the blanket flower, Gaillardia, taking the pollen with her. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 5:20 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Let's Hear It for the Bees and Beekeepers

Let's hear it for the honey bees. Right now they're scrambling to gather nectar and pollen from the blanket flower, Gaillardia. You could say...

Two matched pairs of honey bees on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two matched pairs of honey bees on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two matched pairs of honey bees on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 6:49 PM

Do Honey Bees Have Taste Buds?

You've seen honey bees nectaring on flowers. You've watched their proboscis (tongue) probing for nectar. Some linger quite awhile before they buzz...

Honey bees sipping nectar from a blanketflower (Gaillardia), while another bee buzzes in. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees sipping nectar from a blanketflower (Gaillardia), while another bee buzzes in. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees sipping nectar from a blanketflower (Gaillardia), while another bee buzzes in. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM
Tags: blanket flower (13), Eric Mussen (290), Gailllardia (1), honey bees (448), taste buds (1)

Find the Praying Mantis!

It's early evening and the bees are all over the blanket flower (Gaillardia). But wait, if you look closely, you'll see a tiny sticklike figure on...

Find the praying mantis on the blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Find the praying mantis on the blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Find the praying mantis on the blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis rotates his head, looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Praying mantis rotates his head, looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis rotates his head, looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 4:29 PM
Tags: blanket flower (13), Gaillardia (26), praying mantis (146)

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