The leaf cutter bees
As I wrote in a post earlier this week, prior to this week, I have never seen so many leaf cutter bees feeding on nectar and collecting...
busy bees in the backyard
Now that the cosmos flowers are blooming, along with a new bloom of the lavender plants, the backyard literally is abuzz with activity....
More food for the bees
We now have another buckwheat plant for the backyard, the lovely Eriogonum fasciculatum Warriner Lytle buckwheat. It is said to be an...
Leaf cutter female bee and the first cosmos flower
The first cosmos flowers are blooming in the backyard. And on a day when the sun barely appeared, the bright colors of the flowers stood...
Point Reyes coast, California
On the trail to the beach in Point Reyes, there were many fields of wildflowers, and even in the foggy cool weather, there were bees at...
Point Reyes, California
This weekend we took a day trip to Point Reyes, my favorite place to go to be in nature, enjoying the brisk ocean wind, and refresh my...
Bees and the yellow monkey flowers
The money flower plant is growing quite rapidly and producing more and more blossoms. The flowers are very beautiful on this particular...
Bees and the flowers
We do have many native plants for the bees, but they do like roses, too. Here is a honey bee collecting nectar and pollen from one of our...
The naked buckwheat is blooming and attracting local pollinators
The naked buckwheat plant is now in bloom, and for the first time in several years, I observed a hairstreak butterfly in our garden. This...
The umber skipper and the honey bee
I love to watch umber skippers because they seem curious and playful, flitting around the same area and lingering for a long time on...
