Category: bee plants
Spring flower 2: Crocus
Family Iridaceae Genus Crocus Species C. chrysanthus, C. vernus Common names crocus ZBAS*: 9 Crocus flowers is common in the… read more Spring flower 2: Crocus
Spring flower 1: Winter Aconite
Zachary Huang, Michigan State University Citation: Huang, Z.Y. 2019. Michigan spring flowers: 1. winter aconite. BeetheBest Blog, http://bees.msu.edu/2014/winter-aconite/. Accessed on… read more Spring flower 1: Winter Aconite
Winter flower 2: Wintersweet
Family Calycanthaceae Genus Chimonanthus Species C. praecox Common names Wintersweet ZBAS*: 4 (to A. cerana) I haven’t returned to China… read more Winter flower 2: Wintersweet
Winter flower 1: Loquat
Family Rosaceae Genus Eriobotrya Species E. japonica Common names loquat, pipa, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Chinese plum, nespola ZBAS*: 6… read more Winter flower 1: Loquat
Catalpa is blooming
Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Catalpa Species: C. speciosa Other names: catawba ZBAS 7 I noticed that the catalpa trees have been… read more Catalpa is blooming
Shootout at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
August 8, 2017, I was invited to give a talk on honey bee photography (which I call “beetography”) to the… read more Shootout at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Value of honey bees in Michigan from pollination service and honey production
Value of honey bee pollination in Michigan, based on 2015 data The Western honey bee Apis mellifera plays a crucial… read more Value of honey bees in Michigan from pollination service and honey production
Honey bees foraging on catalpa leaves
There was on post (June 23rd, 2016), I was begging everyone to show me if they saw honey bees foraging… read more Honey bees foraging on catalpa leaves