Yellow-faced Bumble Bee and a California Poppy
Oh what a lovely sight! California poppies are blooming in the yard and the Yellow-faced bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii are back,...
Butterflies are back!
Hooray, it's Spring! The front yard is bright with native plants in shades of purple, lavender and orange. Shortly after the blooming...
Native milkweed plants awakening
Oh, don't you love Spring? I've been monitoring our native milkweed pots for the past few weeks, wondering if the milkweed plants that...
Native bees out and about
Here they are! A Black Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus approaches a cluster of Ray Hartman ceanothus blossoms. Note the yellow...
Leave the Leaves!
Support pollinators and other invertebrates. Read more here: https://xerces.org/blog/leave-the-leaves?fbclid=IwAR14wSHwEsyrCRcIxZQft6iOhy...
Feed Caterpillars, Plant Host Plants!
Find your productive plant hosts here: https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/?fbclid=IwAR0EfTOvVxj69-F62tGT0h5TRlSa8Lc3cuoKbvklrghY3E85UP...
Hooray for native bees
This post is from the Facebook page ‘the bees in your back yard’. Free online book about our native bees HERE:...
Importance of Community Scientists and Native Plants
You too can participate in helping our feathered friends and scientists! For information click on this: https://www.audubon.org/content/h...
Best hobby in the world?
Indeed it is!!! Your local native plant society here: https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/links.shtml?fbclid=IwAR329A98aj5bpgINfq-N3C5UEI6V...
Thank your carpenter bees
Ah, the hard working carpenter bee! They have no stinger, therefore don't sting. More about carpenter bees here:...
