Tag Archives: National Pollinator Week
Hunting bumblebees in the raspberries
This is one of the uncommon bumblebees I’ve been seeing lemon yellow flashes of in the raspberries. I think it’s the Perplexing Bumblebee. Better look quick, there she goes!
Posted in Bees, garden
Tagged B. perplexus, bees, bumblebee, National Pollinator Week, raspberries
More syrphid flies and the prettiest bee
Here’s some more syrphid flies that I’ve seen recently.
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Tagged Agapostemon, bees, National Pollinator Week, syrphid fly
A raspberry and a blueberry from the bees
Today’s harvest was brought to you by the bees. Honeybees and small carpenter bees in the raspberries. Bumblebees, too, but they’re too fast for me to get a good picture. I caught a Lasioglossum bee in the flowerhead of one … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, blueberries, bumblebee, Ceratina, honeybee, Lasioglossum, National Pollinator Week, raspberries, strawberries, syrphid fly, Toxomerus
Tiny bees in the raspberries
I wouldn’t be looking forward to so many fruits if it weren’t for the bees. And since National Pollinator Week starts today, it seemed like a good excuse to spend a little time this morning looking for bees. It never … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrena, bees, bumblebee, hover fly, miner bee, National Pollinator Week, pollinator
