Posts Tagged: bacopa

C'mon In, the Pollen's Fine!

It's a cold spell. As temperatures dip throughout much of California, and honey bees snuggle inside their hives, it's "bees-ness" in southern California this week. Everything's abuzz as two national bee organizations host their annual conventions: The...

A pollen-covered honey bee heading toward Bacopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pollen-covered honey bee heading toward Bacopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

C'mon in, the pollen's fine! A honey bee reaching for pollen.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

C'mon in, the pollen's fine! A honey bee reaching for pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Awesome Bloomer

At first glance, we thought "Strawberry blossoms!" Not strawberries, though. The white-floral ground cover at the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is Sutera cordata or bacopa, as identified by Missy Gable, program manager of the California...

Honey bee foraging in bacopa on grounds of the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging in bacopa on grounds of the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-covered Benicia bee on bacopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-covered Benicia bee on bacopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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