Month: July 2020

I have recently started to shoot some videos (most with my cell phone!) on common Michigan bee plants. My phone… read more Bee plant videos

Family： Asteraceae Genus： Centaurea Species： C. stoebe Common names： spotted knapweed, ZBAS 8 Similar to Canada thistle, perhaps a bigger… read more Summer flower 10: Star thistle

Family： Asteraceae Genus： Cirsium Species： C. arvense Common names： creeping, field thistle ZBAS 8 OK, I start with the bad… read more Summer flower 9: Canada thistle

Zachary Huang, Michigan State University Family: Fabaceae Genus: Trifolium Species: T. repens Common names: Dutch clover, Ladino clover, or Ladino… read more Summer flower 7: White clover

Family： Fabaceae Genus： Melilotus Species： M. alba, M. officinalis Common names： white/yellow sweet clovers ZBAS 8 White honey production from… read more Summer flower 8: Sweet clovers

Family： Malvaceae Genus： Tilia Species： Around 45 species worldwide Common names： Basswood, linden tree ZBAS 10 [Zach’s update on June… read more Summer flower 3: Basswood

I was doing beekeeping yesterday. Found one queen in a weak colony but she had 2 solid frames of brood…. read more A queen was dead, but then resurrected!

Family： Fabaceae Genus： Securigera Species： S. varia Common names： Crown vetch ZBAS* Honey bees 3, bumble bees 8 This flower… read more Summer flower 6: Crown Vetch