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'Bee a Scientist' on May 8

Get ready! It's almost time to count the pollinators! The University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) wants you set aside three minutes on Thursday, May 8 and count the pollinators wherever you live--and they live--in...

A male longhorned bee, Melissodes communis, as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male longhorned bee, Melissodes communis, as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male longhorned bee, Melissodes communis, as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male green metallic sweat bee Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male green metallic sweat bee Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male green metallic sweat bee Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

European wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee, Apis mellifera, on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee, Apis mellifera, on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee, Apis mellifera, on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, May 5, 2014 at 10:28 PM

It's All About the Community

If you like community gardens, then you'll want to visit the Avant Garden at the corner of First and D streets in Benicia. The Benicia Community Garden (BCG) signed a lease agreement in the fall of 2010 with Estey Real Estate to establish a downtown...

A yellow-faced bumble bee on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A hover fly, aka flower fly or syrphid fly, soaking up sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hover fly, aka flower fly or syrphid fly, soaking up sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A hover fly, aka flower fly or syrphid fly, soaking up sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A spotted cucumber beetle and a green metallic sweat bee sharing a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A spotted cucumber beetle and a green metallic sweat bee sharing a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A spotted cucumber beetle and a green metallic sweat bee sharing a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a male green metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a male green metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a male green metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 8:33 PM

Something Quite Magical

There's something so magical and captivating about the metallic green sweat bee.Shouldn't it be yellow? No.Is it a bee? Yes.Does it attract attention? Definitely.We spotted this male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on what is commonly known as a...

Green Metallic Sweat Bee
Green Metallic Sweat Bee

THIS MALE green metallic sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, is nectaring a Seaside daisy, the Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Going Up
Going Up

SHOWING ITS STRIPES, the male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, climbs up a Seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It

EYES of the metallic green sweat bee are clearly visible in this photo of a bee nectaring an aster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM

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