Carpenter bee on the butterfly bush
So far I've only occasionally noticed carpenter bees in the garden. This is the first carpenter bee I've observed on a Butterfly Bush...
Lovely honey bees
Slowly but surely our Verbena lilacina "De La Mina", a California native, is growing and blooming. It is said to mainly attract...
All this going on in your garden
Always so fascinating to watch these macro videos. And this is going on all around us every day!
the butterflies are here
With the warm weather and flowers blooming we are starting to see more butterfly visitors. The lovely gulf fritillary Agraulis vanillae...
Bees in the Bishop's Children Dahlias
This is the first time I planted a Bishop's Children Dahlia x hybrida . It is growing in a 7 gallon pot and thriving. What is...
Leaf Cutting Bees in the garden
The Leaf Cutting Bees are enjoying the pollen and nectar of many plants in our native garden area. Most of the plants in this garden are...
Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly
This past Sunday I saw this lovely little butterfly lingering in our native plant garden area, my first sighting ever. It is a Western...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee sleeping
Look at this Yellow Faced Bumble Bee. It's sleeping on one of the Snow Puff Cosmos flowers. I always thought that when bees sleep on...
Leaf Cutting Bee carrying leaf pieces to build nest
I've read that Leaf Cutting Bees Megachile Latreille mostly construct nests in tubular cavities such as holes drilled into wood, bamboo...
Honey Bees on the Fourth of July
I'm not the best person to mingle at gatherings, and my favorite place to be is outdoors in gardens. So this past Fourth of July I spent...
