I followed up on a bee sample that someone had dropped off at my office and found hundreds of bees in an area around some flowering beds. The bees were long horned bees (Melissodes sp.). These bees are gentle and rarely sting unless they are handled or seriously disturbed. There were a lot of them … Continue reading The Gentle Long Horned Bees
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In the Laces: Wasps, Beetles, and a Snake Tale
Queen Anne's lace is a weed that pops up in the summer in the Okanagan from June onwards. It's delicate white flowers are quite striking and resemble little umbrellas. The flat-topped shallow flower clusters called umbels (word of the day) makes it easy for pollinators with short tongues, especially wasps, to drink nectar. I have … Continue reading In the Laces: Wasps, Beetles, and a Snake Tale
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