Posts Tagged: nectarines
Where, Oh Where, Can They Bee?
The nectarines are bursting into bloom, but where are the honey bees? Well, they're huddled inside...
A honey bee, cooped up in a hive for weeks due to the rain and cold, heads for a nectarine blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Find the bee! There's one pollinating a nectarine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pollen-packing bee exits a nectarine blossom.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dried fruit Beetles are Making their Annual Appearance in Ripening Peaches and Figs
One of the most troublesome and difficult to control insect pests of ripe peaches, nectarines and...
Where Are All the Bumble Bees?
Seen any bumble bees lately? No? Me, neither. It's almost the first day of spring, and bumble...
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, heading for the Garvey nectarine tree on March 18, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ahh, sweet nectar! A Bombus melanopygus nectaring on a nectarine blossom on March 18, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wait, just a little more! A Bombus melanopygus nectaring on a nectarine blossom on March 18, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Prune Home Fruit Trees To Improve Crop Size And Quality
Fruit tree pruning ranks high on most home gardeners' “to do” list during the winter...
Size control in temperate fruit trees. (A) Standard variety with no size control; (B) and (C) standard variety on semidwarfing rootstock or semidwarf variety; (D) standard variety on dwarfing rootstock. (from The CA Master Gardener Handbook)
Premature Fruit Drop Is Common in Many Fruit Tree Species
Home gardeners often become concerned when their fruit trees begin dropping fruit prematurely. In...