#pollinators

A friend asked me if the sunbirds prefer colored flowers, and yes, they do. The first one is a female Southern Double-collared Sunbird (5 shots), and the second one is a Cape White-eye (5 shots). But it

The bees were so busy today moving from one flower to another in my butternut garden! 🐝✨ It’s amazing to watch them buzzing around, collecting nectar and pollen while helping my butternut plants get

Lavender isn’t just a plant, it’s a breath of calm. Its soft blooms and soothing scent invite stillness, healing, and peace.

Life takes us unexpected places and that is where we find our greatest beauty. I had such a day a while ago. I was focused on a quickly-moving target - a shining dragonfly on which all of my focus was

Hello, hardworking gardeners and community, Greetings. This post is my response to the weekly theme pollinators. As I mentioned in a few previous posts, we have a lot of calendula this year and of course,

A very significant number of what we find in nature contributes to the desired effects of what we want. Now imagine having a long day at work, what happens is that your body builds up stress in the muscles

There are so many reasons to tend to a garden. Many start this endeavor hoping to grow some of their own vegetables, others aim to have a hand in the making of their herbal medicine, and some just love

These images were captured in early December 2023. It was still the rainy season, where you would see flowers blooming beautifully. Even the weeds that previously looked so disturbing to the view now become

Almost all insects in the order Hymenoptera, including bees and wasps, are pollinators whose main food source is nectar and flower pollen. Here I have collected several photos of bees and wasps found in

Last night before it got dark outside, I spotted an exhausted Bumble Bee on this bush. I don't know the name of this flower bush but the green bud will turn pink when it blooms. I felt so bad for this

Bees are important pollinators for flowers, fruits and vegetables. They are responsible for pollinating about one-third of the food we eat. Bees have a daily routine that involves collecting nectar and

a picture a day

If you are like me a year ago, you probably aren't aware of the colossal modern breeding and husbandry industries, across all the animal kingdom, covering multiple motivations; be it feed animals, production

Hello dear friends and followers of this wonderful #hive community, grateful to God for being once again giving a new delivery of my content today I want to show you these beautiful pictures of some

This article examines the biological significance of flower colors, their genetics and scientific evidence.

My Dreams of the Natural Kitchen Garden....

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No Mow May

Raising solitary bees for the last four or so years I have been learning what works and what does not. Mason bees use mud to seal their homes, and they do it quite well.. So well they tend to seal my bee

Come and see how top quality pears grow in an old orchard. This is the wine farm where I get many of my photos, as there is so much going on here. So when our winter ended many areas were filled with blossoms