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Getting a Zing Out of the Zinnias
If you're missing the warmth of summer and watching butterflies flutter around your garden, sometimes it's good to back pedal. We were looking through our zinnia photos today and came across a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) spreading its wings on two different zinnias. We're not sure...
A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) spreads its wings on a yellow zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) lands on a pink zinnia. Good thing the fashion police aren't around.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bees: Zeroing in on the Zinnias
Watching honey bees zero in on the zinnias: Zounds! Zinnias, known throughout the world as showy and easy-to-grow flowers, are as colorful as they are attractive to bees. Last week we watched a honey bee head toward a zinnia, grab some nectar, buzz around the blossom, and return again and...
A honey bee zeroing in on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Coming in from the other side. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up and over the top. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ah, the perfect spot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Are Bees Finding the 'Zen' in Zinnias?
Eye-catching zinnias grace the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted in the fall of 2009 next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis. The long-stemmed vibrant flowers attract honey bees...
Honey bee nectaring on a zinnia in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Circling a zinnia blossom, a honey bee seeks food for her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
