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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee and the California Poppy
On a windy afternoon, a Yellow-faced bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii, was determined to collect pollen from a California poppy. As the...
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Bees enjoying the native patch
Bees visit the native patch in our garden all day. I'm so glad that I purchased these seedlings in August! The honey bee in the photo...
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It's butterfly weather
While we feel uncomfortable with very warm or hot weather the butterflies are out in great numbers. In the above photo, a Gray Hairstreak...