By , on May 13th, 2012

Happy Mother’s Day: irises & bees

I dedicate these photos to my mother who is always hardworking, as the bees on these irises.
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!

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Photos taken on May 7th, 2012. I spent about two hours shooting peonies, hawthorn and indigo …

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By , on May 11th, 2012

Apricots, plums and boxelders

What do they have in common?

They all bloom around the same time, and yes, have bees!

I had not seen apricot flowers, let alone bees foraging one them. So I was naturally excited to see apricots blooming everywhere in …

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By , on May 11th, 2012

Do bees forage on peonies?

Obviously it would be a yes! but I have never seen bees on them in my own garden. Right now ants are working on the unopened bulbs of peonies. But I know that bee do forage on them because last …

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By , on April 9th, 2012

Western and Eastern honey bees foraging on peach flowers.

Zachary Huang
Michigan State University

I left Michigan March 30th for China, right after most of the cherries were gone and pears were still blooming. I did not check the apples but they must be blooming since some crabapples were …

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By , on March 29th, 2012

Crabapples Blooming in East Lansing, Michigan

Zachary Huang
Michigan State University

Michigan went from winter to summer (20-30s) then back to winter last two days (below freezing at some point). but today (March 28th, 20120)  it came back to 15-16 C.

Some crab-apples were blooming today.  …

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