It's the Ivory Banded Digger Bee
This weekend I got lucky getting images of the very busy Ivory Banded Digger Bees Amegilla quadrifasciata in the garden. This one is in...
Look who loves the Yellow Coastal Bush Lupine
Our Yellow Coastal Bush Lupines Lupinus arboreus are growing quickly and the bees love the blossoms. Here is a yellow-faced bumble bee...
Ladybugs on dried Delta Sunflowers
You might remember that a few weeks ago I posted a photo of ladybug larva on a dried California Delta Sunflower. This mature ladybug...
Happy World Bee Day!
I'm a day late posting these images from our garden for the first World Bee Day, but better late than never, right? This wool carder bee...
Lovely Margarita Bop Penstemon
Aren't these lovely flowers? Both of our Margarita Bop Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus'Margarita BOP' plants are in full bloom, growing...
Busy Honey Bee in the Margarita Bop Blossoms
What a delight to observe honey bees visiting the Margarita Bop Penstemon heterophyllus X 'Margarita BOP' blossoms. The bees, mostly...
The beautiful colors of Spring in the garden
Although we haven't had rain for about a month, and probably won't see any more showers until late Fall, the colors in the garden are so...
Flower Flies
Some of the flower flies aka hoverflies family Syrphidae are so large that they closely resemble bees. Often I can't tell that they are...
Ivory Banded Digger Bee in the native garden
Those ivory banded digger bees are so hard to photograph because they seem to be in almost constant motion. They are constantly visiting...
Carpenter bee in the Bird's Eye Gilia patch
Ooh, it's nice to see the carpenter bees enjoying the nectar and pollen of the Bird's-Eye Gilia blossoms. This bee probably is a male,...
