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Posts Tagged: garden
First Flameskimmer of the Year
It was a little late. The first flameskimmer of the year usually arrives in our yard in early April. Not this year. The...
A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, perches on a bamboo stick in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Another view of the flameskimmer, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Phacelia! You're Breaking My Heart!
Cecelia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence daily...--"Oh, Cecelia" written by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkle If you...
A honey bee forages on a lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (BOG) at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee gathering nectar and pollen from phacelia in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (BOG) at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And now there are two! Another honey bee joins in the foraging on the phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Signage in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A colorful banner (now shredded by the recent storms) once greeted visitors to the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Big Bioblitz Set April 29 at UC Davis: Plants, Animals and More
Mark your calendar! A BioBlitz is set from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 29 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It's being hosted...
A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In Search of the First Bumble Bee of the Year
What are you doing on New Year's Day? Well, weather permitting, you can begin searching for the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, foraging on oxalis near the Benicia State Capitol grounds on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosenenskii, foraging on oxalis near the Benicia State Capitol grounds on Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on rosemary on Jan. 25, 2020 on the grounds of the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on a rose on Jan. 25, 2020 in downtown Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bees Do Love Their Mallow
There's not much blooming this time of year but if and when blossoms burst open, the honey bees are going to find them. Take the Anisodontea...
A honey bee heads for an African mallow, Anisodontea capensis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's a mallow without a honey bee? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
