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Purple Coneflower Never Looked So Good

You never know what you'll see on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).Honey bees. Check. Sweat bees. Check. Hummingbirds. Check. But sometimes these rough-and-tumble blossoms are graced with a Western tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio rutulus). This gorgeous yellow-and-black butterfly...

Western tiger swallowtail on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western tiger swallowtail on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Western tiger swallowtail spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western tiger swallowtail spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Nothin' Like a Cone

There's nothing quite like a cone--no, not an ice cream cone. A purple coneflower.The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea, family Asteraceae), looks like royalty in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the University of California, Davis.The drought-tolerant plant is a favorite of not only...

Honey bee on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Peek-a-bee: A honey bee peers through the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Peek-a-bee: A honey bee peers through the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-laden honey bee climbs over the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-laden honey bee climbs over the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Coneflower Duo

The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a favorite among the autumn plants blooming in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis.The purple coneflower, which looks like a conehead...

Duo

AN ITALIAN BEE (left) and a New World Carniolan bee forage on a purple coneflower at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollinator Partners

TOUCHING--An Italian bee (left) and a New World Carniolan brush against one another on a purple coneflower in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Been Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

CLOSE-UP of an Italian bee and a New World Carniolan sharing a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Haven for Diversity

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, is a study in diversity.Bees, including honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees and sweat bees, along with other pollinators, share the pollen...

Sharing

HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera) and a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) share a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. The grand opening celebration of the half-acre garden, planted last fall, is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11.

Two Bees

HONEY BEE and a sweat bee occupy a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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