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Bumble Bees Are Back!
The yellow-faced bumble bees are back!And amid the throes of winter and the promise of spring.On a trip Feb. 27 to Bodega Bay, we spotted two yellow-faced bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) about two miles apart. They were both foraging on "The Pride of Madeira" (Echium candicans) on a sunny, but...
Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on the Pride of Maderia at Bodega Bay on Feb. 27. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Covered in pollen, a yellow-faced bumble bee forages on a seaside daisy at Bodega Bay on June 10, 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)