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#ceanothus — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Today in the drizzle I stopped by the Living Library, a beautiful native plant garden near SF's Balboa Park at the San Jose/Seneca intersection. Highly recommend a visit to see some #ceanothus in bloom and California poppies and island mallows beginning to, and much more.

  2. A bumble bee and ceanothus blossoms.

    This particular bumble bee is a queen "Two Form Bumble Bee," although there are other bees with a near identical pattern, and even the queens of this variety have several variations in coloring.

    I borrowed a book from my neighbor on identifying bumble bees. She's a detail-oriented person and a lover of gardens and wildlife, but she confessed she was defeated in her attempts to learn to tell one bumble bee from another. After thumbing through the book and reading about the difficulties of identification, I'm defeated, too.

    Soon to be for sale in the shop at the Seattle Art Museum. For information on purchasing, see my website: kitozbooks.com/product/painted

    #bees #bee #BumbleBee #ceanothus #wildflowers #NativePlants #PNW #art #Seattle #SeattleArtist #handmade #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticArtist #TraditionalArt #painting #insects #insect

  3. The second clip shows a Honey Bee disturbed on Ceanothus by a Dark-edged Bee-fly.

    Spring has started quite slowly: still relatively few nectar sources and daytime temperatures need to be a bit higher too.2 of 2

    #ApisMellifera #BombyliusMajor #HoneyBee #BeeFly #Ceanothus
    #Pollinators

  4. Good morning from @deerparkmonastery where the #Ceanothus (aka, Blue Jeans) are happily blooming in the chaparral.