Tag: Bees
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Echinacea & Bergamot: Early Summer Pollinator Blooms
The Trailhead Lace up your hiking boots and step off the paved path! Welcome back to Follow the Bloom Trail, a series where we use nature’s seasonal calendar to find and identify Kentucky’s amazing bees and butterflies. Three times a season we head into the wildscapes of our local nature preserves and natural areas. Today,…
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Furrow Bees: The Underground Socialites
Tiny Furrow Bee discovers nectar inside a blooming fleabane flower during mid-spring season
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Eastern Carpenter Bee: The Loud Carpenter of Spring
Carpenter Bee caught in flight approaching a tall purple lavender plant in early spring.
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Spring Beauty Mining Bee: The Tiny Spring Specialist
A Mining Bee, dived deep into a Spring Beauty flower and discovered both nectar and shelter. The flower is one of the first spotted in early-spring.