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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Leave the Leaves!
Support pollinators and other invertebrates. Read more here: https://xerces.org/blog/leave-the-leaves?fbclid=IwAR14wSHwEsyrCRcIxZQft6iOhy...
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Feed Caterpillars, Plant Host Plants!
Find your productive plant hosts here: https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/?fbclid=IwAR0EfTOvVxj69-F62tGT0h5TRlSa8Lc3cuoKbvklrghY3E85UP...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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Thank your carpenter bees
Ah, the hard working carpenter bee! They have no stinger, therefore don't sting. More about carpenter bees here:...