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Country cousins. Honey bees and ants belong to the same order, Hymenoptera, and occasionally you see them together. Such was the case today in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Aboretum, as the closely related honey bees and ants foraged in the red-hot poker (Kniphofia galpinii or "Christmas...

Honey Bee and an Ant

HONEY BEE and an Argentine ant share a red-hot poker in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nectaring on Lavender

HONEY BEE nectars a red hot poker, while a close cousin, an Argentine ant (far left), tucks itself among the petals. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:58 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Argentine ant (2), honey bee (258), Phil Ward (36), red hot poker (2)

Posts Tagged: Argentine ant

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