Posts Tagged: gaura

Gaura! Gaura! Gaura!

Pollen-packing honey bees dangling from gaura (Gaura linheimeri) are a joy to photograph. Gaura, native to Louisiana, Texas and Mexico, is a long-stemmed plant with a burst of pinkish-white petals that resemble whirling butterflies. A member of the...

Honey Bee on Gaura

POLLEN-PACKING honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sipping Away

SIP, SIP, SIPPING AWAY--A honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They Suck

Call them plant lice. Call them plant suckers. Call them aphids. The tiny, soft-bodied insects with pear-shaped bodies form denses colonies on plants. They suck. Literally. Their destructive feeding habits do not endear them to gardeners and farmers....

Aphids on Gaura

APHIDS ON GAURA--These aphids are feasting on a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

High-Wire Act

It's like going to the circus. A bee circus. When you see honey bees gather pollen from a gaura (Gaura linheimeri), it's as if  they ran off and joined the circus. You'll see hire-wire (er...high-stem) acts, somersaults, pirouettes,...

A pollen-packin' honey bee heads toward a gaura (Gaura linheimeri). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee gives her stamp of approval to the gaura, a perennial also known as "the bee blossom." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee seems to relish being under The Big Top. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee performs a balancing act on the gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee gathers pollen from a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee dangles from a gaura. And, no net below! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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