A Mining Bee and the Tricolored Gilia
The Tricolored or Bird's- Eye Gilia blossoms are attracting all kinds of bees, and it is such a treat to observe the bees as they collect...
Well, hello there umber skipper!
I just love the umber skippers Poanes melane. They appear in the garden in March and are around until late October. The image above I...
More honey bee activity in the native garden
The Spring weather is producing more food sources for the pollinators. And I never tire of observing bee behavior. Above is a honey bee...
Flower flies love poppies too
Moments before I took this photo, this flower fly tried to chase away a yellow-faced bumble bee from the California alba poppy. But the...
Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees in the White California Poppies
The lovely White California Poppies "Alba" that I planted last year are lush again after winter and spring rains. They are such lovely...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee in the Poppy Patch
The California poppies are blooming in full force now and the bees are having a great time in the poppy patches. In the image above see...
Cedar waxwings visiting again
Here are the cedar waxwings in the redwood tree again. I first hear their high pitched trills from a distance, as the whole flock was in...
Bumble Bees in the Native Garden
As the plants blossom, and the temperature warms up, out come the bees. There is so much bee activity in the native garden these days,...
Busy Honey Bees
Bees are busy in the front yard now that a ground cover plant that I can't identify is producing tiny lavender colored flowers. The...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee
The yellow-faced bumble bees are always busy in the garden. Here is one foraging for nectar and pollen from a lavender plant on the...
