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A bee pollinates a weird flower.
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VDOT worked with conservation groups, master naturalists and high-school students to create a Pollinator Habitat in existing green space at the Route 50/17 Park & Ride in Clarke County. The planting event on September 22, 2016 included more than 2,500 plugs of milkweed and other pollinator-friendly plants.
Oberlin's pollinator garden lives in an open atrium in the Science Center. The garden is visited by bees, birds, and several species of insects.
Photo by Yvonne Gay
I planted a few sunflowers rather late in August, and today I had a very cooperative bee who was not bothered at all by me taking a lot of pictures.
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I have not been able to find anything out about the Pollinate posters (on the right). The posters on the right asks what the "Girl from Ipanema" drinks and advertises something used to make a Caipirinha, the Brazilian national drink.
Every living being (apart from spanish goverment) makes its own contribution to the maintenance of the planet.
Cada ser vivo (excepto los que gobiernan en Españistán) contribuyen de alguna forma en el mantenimiento del planeta.
Cada esser viu (excepte els que governen en Espanyistan) contribuixen d'alguna forma al manteniment del planeta.
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Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are also a few species native to Mexico, South America, and Eurasia. Some American species have also been introduced into Europe and other parts of the world. This picture was taken in Liguria, Italy.
The many goldenrod species can be difficult to distinguish, due to their similar bright, golden yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer. Goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by Ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.
Parts of some goldenrods can be edible when cooked. Goldenrods can be used for decoration and making tea. Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune.
Native Americans chewed the leaves to relieve sore throats and chewed the roots to relieve toothaches.
The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16, 1926) and Nebraska (adopted April 4, 1895). It used to be the state flower of Alabama, being adopted as such on September 6, 1927, but was later rejected in favour of the camellia. Goldenrod was recently named the state wildflower for South Carolina.
In Midwestern states in the mid-twentieth century it was said that when the goldenrod bloomed, it would soon be time to go back to school—the blossoms appeared in mid- to late August, shortly before the traditional start of school on the day after Labor Day.
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USFWS biologist, Jeff Chan, teaches students about pollinators at GRuB farm. Photo credit: Teal Waterstrat (USFWS)
A male Four-toothed Mason Wasp, Monobia quadridens, and a tiny male sweat bee, Lasioglossum sp., enjoy nectar from flowers of White Snakeroot. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 11, 2022.
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 at 135mm with 36mm extension tube.
Went out this morning to practice with my extension tubes again. Got a couple of keepers, including this one.
Beetle (Amartus?) inside a California poppy.
It wasn't alone in there.
Baxter Creek Gateway Park, El Cerrito.
The gray nickerbean plants are blooming along the beaches! Beatrice the honey bee demonstrates the correct way to gather pollen and nectar from the blossoms at Munyon Island near North Palm Beach, Florida. Native green bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees and several species of skippers also joined in.
Oberlin's pollinator garden lives in an open atrium in the Science Center. The garden is visited by bees, birds, and several species of insects.
Photo by Yvonne Gay
Butterfly-pollinated flowers tend to be large and showy, pink or lavender in colour, frequently have a landing area, and are usually scented. Since butterflies do not digest pollen (with one exception), more nectar is offered than pollen. The flowers have simple nectar guides with the nectaries usually hidden in narrow tubes or spurs, reached by the long tongue of the butterflies.