Carpenter bees are back
I haven't seen carpenter bees in the garden since early summer. And then yesterday afternoon I heard the distinct buzz of a larger,...
Tickseed aka coreopsis = more food for bees
I purchased a new plant for the backyard, tickseed aka coreopsis. It's still a small plant, but within a few hours I observed a hover fly...
Honey bee on the fennel flowers
Now that the swallowtail caterpillars have vacated the fennel plant to morph into chrysalises then butterflies, somewhere nearby in the...
Ivory banded digger male bee waking up on Klondike cosmos
Last week I observed an ivory banded digger male bee sleeping on a prom dress cosmos blossom. And this morning I observed another ivory...
Honey bees in the morning
Here is another bee waking up in the Prom Dress cosmos blossoms, this time a honey bee. It stayed in this position for at least ten...
Leaf cutter bees having a feast
I've never seen so many leaf cutter bees in the garden before this summer. Somehow the combination of native plants we have growing in...
Sleeping ivory banded male digger bee
This morning I observed a bee sleeping on a prom dress blossom. I've seen photos of bees sleeping on flowers, but this was my very...
Bees and flowers
The backyard is literally a-buzz with activity these days. So many bees, butterflies and birds! Above is an image of a honey bee flying...
Our friends the leaf cutter bees, again
These days I just see a lot of leaf cutter bees in the backyard, enjoying the cosmos flowers. In the image above a leaf cutter bee is...
Ensuring continuous food sources for the pollinators
Sweat bee on a Klondike sulphur orange cosmos blossom Planting native plants in pots in our backyard really is a great example of "if you...
