Category: honey bees
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Find the Bee
This week I walked past a honey bee completely absorbed in its search for pollen. I was lucky to see it.
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Disappearing Honey Bee
As this yellow and black honey bee ventured inside a nasturtium bloom, it took on the orange hue and practically disappeared while I took this photo yesterday. While there aren’t many butterflies about, the bee activity is quite high.
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Time To Go To Work
Honey bees are industrious, rising to go to work in the first hint of morning sun. Their efforts are critical to the spread of crops needed for the human food supply chain. Protect the bees from pesticides, wildfires and drought!
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Liquid Amber
Yesterday I spotted a swarm of honey bees flying in and our of hole in a liquid amber tree, most fittingly, since honey is sometimes called “liquid amber.” A knock on the door led to a brief conversation with the owner who said the bees have been in the tree for a few years. We…