Author: Zachary Huang

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

Bird’s foot trefoil has been blooming for a while. It is a legume so that it fixes nitrogen just like… read more Summer flower 5: Bird’s foot trefoil