Tag Archives: Agapostemon

Let the bees eat squash

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Pam Phillips

It’s starting to look like the mystery plant will be revealed. Perfect round balls are developing ridges. Acorn squash again. Every fall, I keep getting various squashes, but I’m no longer sure how much I actually like winter squash. So  … Continue reading →

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Will the mystery plant remain unsolved?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Pam Phillips

I’m beginning to think we’ll never know what the mystery plants are. The grey weather has descended. Some of the leaves are showing a dusty white rust of doom. But still the various mystery flowers open a bright yellow. Still … Continue reading →

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A day of good bee hunting

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Pam Phillips

I enjoyed hosting today on the Life-Friendly Garden Tour. Nice people stopped by and let me show off my bees. If you’re interested at all in bees, you know about honeybees going missing. If you want to help honeybees, the … Continue reading →

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I got nothing but a green bee

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Pam Phillips

Never mind the rain, here’s a green bee, Clad from head to tail in a green sheen. And here’s where I give up on Finding a rhyme for Agapostemon.

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More coneflowers, more bees

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Pam Phillips

More coneflowers have answered the first coneflower‘s call. This is one of the great bee flowers. My trinity of bees — honeybees, bumblebees, and Agapostemon — visit them, methodically going through the spikes of pollen in the centers. When the … Continue reading →

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Sunflower weather

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Pam Phillips

Now that the heat has hit, I can barely keep up with the flowers. This sunflower bloomed a few days ago, and today already the flowerhead is busy making seeds. The bees have done their work. Traditional varieties of sunflowers … Continue reading →

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More syrphid flies and the prettiest bee

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Pam Phillips

Here’s some more syrphid flies that I’ve seen recently.

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Green bees in the spring sun

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Pam Phillips

I’ve actually been a bit worried about the bees, what with all the grey weather lately. Too cool for most bees to come out. Mostly I’ve seen bumblebees lately. In the last few days, though, the nice and sunny weather … Continue reading →

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The bees have arrived on the coneflowers

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Pam Phillips

The full trinity of bees have found the coneflowers. Bumblebees, honeybees, and Agapostemon Virescens. Let’s call her Aggie.

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Bee approved, mystery plant

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Pam Phillips

There is no more doubt about the mystery plants. It’s a sunflower. Several sunflowers, that is. Everything about them says “Sunflower”:  the broad leaves, the flat yellow disks, the mathematical spiral in the centers, the honeybee, the green Agapostemon bee, … Continue reading →

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