{"id":10380,"date":"2020-04-17T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T22:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2022-01-21T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T23:55:49","slug":"bees-on-flowers-in-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/bees-on-flowers-in-southern-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Bees on flowers in Southern California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I continue to learn more about bees. Last week, for example, I attended a webinar presented by two UC Riverside entomologists, Quinn McFrederick and Boris Baer, about native bees and honey bees and their current health status. You can watch it here; it has been given the title, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0H3Mv077X1g\">&#8220;An update on current research on pollinator health.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I continue to take photos of bees visiting the flowers in my yard &#8212; as best I can, as many of the wild, native bees move so fast! (The photo above shows a honey bee approaching a Velvet Queen sunflower that already has a couple of Summer Longhorned Bees (Melissodes robustior) feeding on it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d share a handful of my favorites photos of bees on flowers from the past few years. Maybe you&#8217;ve seen some of these bees in your yard? And maybe you grow some of these plants whose flowers are loved by these bees?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-1024x922.jpg\" alt=\"honey bee on apricot flower\" class=\"wp-image-3127\" width=\"592\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-600x540.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170307_102023-e1518704518627-1080x972.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption>Honey bee on apricot flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/native-bee-on-poppy-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10406\" width=\"554\" height=\"553\"\/><figcaption>Sweat Bee (Halictus ligatus, I think) on poppy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it fun that bees come in all shapes and sizes? Above you&#8217;ve got a tiny bee on a medium sized flower; then below you have a big bee on a tiny flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/yellow-faced-bumblebee-on-blueberry-flower-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10402\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\"\/><figcaption>Yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) on blueberry flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bumblebee-and-syrphid-fly-on-ceanothus-1-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bumblebee-and-syrphid-fly-on-ceanothus-1-980x609.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bumblebee-and-syrphid-fly-on-ceanothus-1-480x298.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Bumblebee and syrphid fly headed toward flowers of ceanothus.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s the difference between a bee and fly? One difference is that bees have two sets of wings, so four wings total, whereas flies only have two wings total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ultra-green-sweat-bee-on-cosmos-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10388\" width=\"492\" height=\"492\"\/><figcaption>Ultra Green Sweat Bee (Agapostemon texanus) on cosmos.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ultra-green-sweat-bee-on-gilia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10392\" width=\"516\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ultra-green-sweat-bee-on-gilia-1.jpg 516w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ultra-green-sweat-bee-on-gilia-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 516px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Another Ultra Green Sweat Bee on globe gilia (Gilia capitata).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.G.S. Bee is common and still I get excited to see one because its colors look unreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bees-on-sunflowers-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10389\" width=\"451\" height=\"515\"\/><figcaption>A couple of Longhorned Bees on wild sunflowers, almost blending in.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/anthophora-bee-on-phacelia-tanacetafolia-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10404\" width=\"735\" height=\"490\"\/><figcaption>Ivory Banded Digger Bee (Anthophora californica), I think, on tansy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetafolia).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I took this photo a couple of days ago. I often see these bees on phacelia. They look similar to honey bees except are fatter and furrier, and the bands on their abdomens are whiter. They also have large eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see some in your yard? Plant their food and they will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when they do come, they&#8217;ll pollinate your vegetables and fruit trees, making more food for you. What a friendly thing to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My other bee posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-a-bee-garden\/\">Growing a bee garden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/oh-mistakes-ive-made-thinking-flowers-girls\/\">Oh, the mistakes I&#8217;ve made: thinking flowers were for girls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/california-bees-and-blooms-a-book-review\/\">California Bees and Blooms: a book review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/flowers-for-bees-all-year-in-southern-california\/\">Flowers for bees all year in Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All of my Yard Posts are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to learn more about bees. Last week, for example, I attended a webinar presented by two UC Riverside entomologists, Quinn McFrederick and Boris Baer, about native bees and honey bees and their current health status. 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