Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee pollinating the Sunshine Blueberries
Between the rainstorms this yellow-faced bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii has been busy pollinating our sunshine blueberry blossoms. I...
Lavender is a great nectar source for the pollinators
If you want a guaranteed nectar source all year-round, plant lavender shrubs. Here is a honey bee feeding on nectar from one of our...
First ladybird of the year
Aha, the first ladybird I've seen this year! It is a seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata on the leaf of a Cream Cups...
Honey Bee on Lavender Blossoms
We were away on vacation for a couple of weeks and returned just before New Year's Eve. It was such a nice welcome sight in the garden -...
Happy New Year to You!
We're now looking right at the year 2019. Thank you for reading my blog. Let's all make 2019 a better year for the planet and all living...
Sir David Attenborough and the Kingdom of Plants
A fascinating video featuring Sir David Attenborough and his observations of plants that have adapted to wet and humid environments and...