Yellow-faced Bumble Bee in the Margarita Bop
It seems like whenever I am in our newly created native plant garden area, I always see Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees Bombus vosnesenskii ....
Honey Bees and Lavender
Now that the lavender plants are blooming again the bees have more nectar sources. Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of these plants. Above...
Cosmos blossoms for the bees
This year we have at least twice as many cosmos plants growing on the patio as well as in the front yard. I'm looking forward to seeing...
Ladybugs in the garden
I often see ladybugs at work in the garden, especially the front yard, and I feel so lucky. Usually they are the Coccinella...
Honey bee and the borage plant
I have always wondered how often plants produce nectar, especially plants that are constantly visited by bees. Take borage plants for...
A honey bee and nasturtium flowers
On a very breezy afternoon this past weekend I observed this honey bee hovering around the nasturtium flowers. It would try to land on a...
Honey Bee on a Gilia Tricolor "Bird's Eyes" bud
The bees are discovering the Gilia Tricolor "Bird's Eyes" blossoms with their distinctive blue pollen. But I have yet to see any of the...
California Bumble Bees and blackberry blossoms
Now that the blackberry bushes are blooming there is constant bee activity going on there. What a delight to observe a California Bumble...
An Ivory Banded Digger Bee and the Indigo Spires Salvia plant
Here is another prime example of "if you plant it they will come". Now that the Indigo Spires Salvia plant that I transplanted into the...
Anna's hummingbird and the Indigo Spires salvia
The transplanted salvia plants are doing well in the front yard, and now starting to bloom. What a treat to be standing in the yard and...
