A bumblebee forages on Squaw Carpet, Ceanothus prostratus. Squaw Carpet, also known as Mahala Mat, is one of the first native plants to flower in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. To see this spring hunt is to witness plunder. Bumblebees zipping around, one flower to the next. Sacks of pollen weighing down hind [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bee Magnate’
February 3, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Critters, Ecology, Nature
Social Tagging: Bee Magnate • Bumblebees • Effects of Non-native Plants on Native Plants • Flight of the Bumblebee • Garden Wise • Pollinator Behavior • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Study
Filed under: BEE, Critters, Ecology, Nature
Social Tagging: Bee Magnate • Bumblebees • Effects of Non-native Plants on Native Plants • Flight of the Bumblebee • Garden Wise • Pollinator Behavior • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Study