A couple of bees, on hardhack, at the beaver pond.
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| Yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii? |
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| Very busy. So many flowers, so short a season! |
There don't seem to be as many pollinators about this summer; I've yet to see a bee near my roses. But the beaver pond, a good way out of town, has quite a bit of activity; bees, dragonflies, bluets, butterflies, and hummingbirds. And mosquitos, of course.
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Alrededor de la laguna de los castores, las abejas estaban muy ocupadas con las flores de Spiraea douglasii, una planta nativa que vive a las orillas de los lagos y en los humedales, dondequiera que haya agua fresca y tranquila.
En la primera foto, el insecto es un abejorro de cara amarilla, Bombus vosnesenskii. No pude identificar con certeza la especie de la abeja en la segunda foto.
No he visto gran número de polinadores este verano; hasta ahora no he visto ni una sola abeja visitando mis rosas. Pero en la laguna de los castores, lejos del pueblo, hay bastante actividad; hay abejas y abejorros, libélulas y caballitos del diablo, mariposas y colibríes. Y, claro, zancudos.
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