Posts Tagged: Mary Patterson

Behold, the Gold!

When you visit the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, be sure to check out the passionflower vine clinging to the fence. You'll see female Valley carpenter bees (Xylocopa...

Valley carpenter bee foraging on a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Valley carpenter bee foraging on a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Note the golden pollen on the Valley carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Note the golden pollen on the Valley carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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