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Presidents and Pollinators: the Red, White, and Blue Winter Bee Garden

Chaparral currant ...

Ribes malvaceum flowers

Honey bee feeds on 'Howard McMinn' manzanita 01.25.14

Honey bee on wallflower 02.11.14

Posted on Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:22 AM

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Author: Christine Casey

Tags: bee gardening (34), ceanothus (4), currant (2), manzanita (3), rosemary (4)

Plan Bee

Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) lamented in his poem “To a Mouse” (1786) that “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” He had just plowed into a mouse nest on his farm....

Pink Currant

Honey bee nectaring Claremont pink currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont') (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of Honey Bee

CLOSE-UP of honey bee as she finds herself "in the pink," the pink being Claremont pink currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont'). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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Posts Tagged: currant

Presidents and Pollinators: the Red, White, and Blue Winter Bee Garden

Plan Bee

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