Tag Archives: carpenter bee
Let’s spend a couple minutes watching bumblebees
It’s the first day of National Pollinator week, and the raspberries are flowering. So are the strawberries, the bladder campion, the mock orange, and the catmint. June is a good time for bees! So here’s a quick video I just … Continue reading
Carpenter Bee on patrol
Right about when the bumblebees show up, the Carpenter bees come out too. Bumblebees are placid, fuzzy fellows that take no notice of you. While they look like extra large bumblebee, the Eastern Carpenter Bees have a shiny tail, and … Continue reading
A day of good bee hunting
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
Carpenter bees
More bees. Here’s some carpenter bees big and small. Both kinds tunnel their nests into wood, but they’re two separate families. The last few years in the spring, a big fat male carpenter bee patrols the yard. He can be … Continue reading
Goldenrod for a lazy bee
We went out for dim sum today, and I feel as lazy as a bee hanging on the goldenrod with a faceful of flower. This is a Carpenter bee, and you know it’s a male because of the light spot … Continue reading
Buzzapalooza on the goldenrod
While I’ve been reading, all sorts of bees have been busy buzzing at the Goldenrod Buzzapalooza.
A bee seeing you
It turns out one of the bees that has been cruising the yard has been cruising the yard looking for dates.
Ode to asters
Oh, asters, wild asters, beloved of bees. You tumble down hill and sway on the breeze.
The bees’ last summer dance party
Don’t tell the bees that summer is ending. They’re still crowding out the butterflies on the butterfly bush. The butterfly bush is where I first met the carpenter bees, and they’re still scaring me whenever I brush by. Yes, it … Continue reading
Collards in flower
Have you ever bought some bok choy and left it in the fridge while you figured out what to do with it until it opened up bright yellow flowers? That’s why my collard plants did, only six feet tall. Tall, … Continue reading
A Native Bee Rancher 