Portfolio work: This is a public domain book written by D. B. Casteel.
Bee Book: Seven
When viewed from the side, it is clear why it is called honeyCOMB!
Check out this young bee activist, Scarlet Harper of Winnetka, Illinois.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/save-the-bees-campaign-scarlett-harper/
Last week, a hungry Hummingbird was trying to get the last of the nectar from my Bergamot/Bee Balm flowers. All my flowers are drying up early this year due to the drought. I installed a hummingbird feeder that lights up at night like an all-night nectar diner.
It’s been a rough summer in Minnesota for bees. Like most of the United States, we have also been experiencing a very long drought and at least a dozen forest fires in northern Minnesota.
Bee Book: Five
4000 native bee species in north America
1/4 species at risk of extinction
1/3 of your food is pollinated by bees.
Bees pollinate $15 billion worth of crops every year. (source)
Maps source: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MN
Bee Book: Four
Portfolio work: bee anatomy and leg work.
Shake a leg! The honeybee takes a short break and uses its hind legs to clean itself on a Cutleaf Cone Flower in my garden.
Bee Book: Three
Busy as a bee. There are 20,000 species of bees and wasps. That’s a lot! But only eleven of those species produce and store honey.
Bees dance to show the others where to find nectar.
Bee Book: Two
Bee Book: One
Here is a new design for my portfolio. The book is from the public domain.