Posts Tagged: honey bees

SOMETHING AS SIMPLE as a watered potted plant can provide honey bees with a good source of water. Honey bees, which don't like to get their feet wet, will stand on the edge of the container, on sediment, or on leaves to sip water. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE blooms along the Edward R. Thurber Bridge on Pleasants Valley Road, Vacaville. The sign says "yield" but if bees could read, it should say "stop." The California Buckeye is poisonous to bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Foraging Bee

HONEY BEE forages on the fragrant blossoms of the California Buckeye. Bees are attracted to the plant, but it is poisonous to them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

FORAGING on California Buckeye, this honey bee is oblivious of what this can do to her colony. California Buckeye is poisonous to bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)