B: We love it when our little bees come home loaded with pollen. They spend all day buzzing about stuffing pollen into pouches on the tibia of their hind legs which are called corbicula, or pollen baskets. Pollen baskets! It makes me giggle every time I hear it. I think of cartoon bees with tiny [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Backyard Beekeepers’
Pollen Detectives
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Garden, Hive, tagged Backyard Beekeepers, Beekeepers, Beekeeping, Bees, Blossoms, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Honeybee, Pollen on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bees — Everywhere
Posted in Bees, California, Hive, tagged Backyard Beekeepers, Bee Rescue, Beehive, Beekeepers, Beekeeping, Bees, California, Feral Bees, Honeybee, Orange County, Urban Beekeeping on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
B: We’re all familiar with the phenomenon of suddenly seeing a subject we’re interested wherever we look, but I think that anyone, not just the bee-obsessed, would agree that nearly everywhere you look lately there are articles about bees and beekeeping. A case in point is an article in this morning’s Los Angeles Times about [...]