Oct 13, 2009
It's a blue day for the honey bees.
The massive Northern California storm--one of our worst-ever storms and marked by heavy rains and equally strong winds--means that bees are clustering inside their hives.
No foraging today.
Just last Sunday we saw honey bees nectaring blue marguerite daisy (Felicia amelloides), a colorful member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). A native of South Africa, the marguerite daisy blooms through October.
This bee was quite old (notice the lack of hair on her thorax).
Today she's inside.
Out of the rain.
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![HONEY BEE nectars a blue marguerite daisy, a member of the sunflower family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) HONEY BEE nectars a blue marguerite daisy, a member of the sunflower family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2684.jpg)
Blue Marguerite Daisy
![TONGUE EXTENDED, a honey bee sips nectar from a blue marguerite daisy. Notice the yellow pollen on her leg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) TONGUE EXTENDED, a honey bee sips nectar from a blue marguerite daisy. Notice the yellow pollen on her leg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2686.jpg)
Tongue Extended