The honey bees are hungry. There are fewer flowers blooming this time of the year, so the bees are foraging for what they can. This morning the bees were all over the lavender (Lavandula) in our yard.
Pollination Nation. That's the title of a new display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis. It's quite timely and appropriate because of the beleaguered bees.
"R" is for research at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Faciity at the University of California, Davis. What's it all about? The Laidlaw facility is a nexus for diverse bee research and scientists from throughout the world.
When a sweat bee and a honey bee share the same flower, the size difference is quite distinct. We took this photo of a honey bee on a rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora) blossom.
