We just had our first sweet corn out of the garden. This is Bodacious, which is the early corn. Later we'll have Kandy Korn corn.

Apparently pollen from Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is particularly sticky. This poor bee is covered in it and had some trouble fly...

It's that time of year when we have more broccoli that we know what to do with. This head will last for several meals for three peopl...

I'd always heard that honey bees were necessary for pollination for many of the plants we eat. That is quite true, but there are some ...

Almost 30 years ago we picked up some gooseberry bushes planted in milk cartons at a garage sale in Boulder, Co. We planted them at our ho...

For almost a week the bees of hive 6 have been washboarding. Washboarding is the term used for bees rhythmically rocking back and forth in ...

This past Sunday I was out taking pictures of the sunflowers and noticed four different species of bee on this particular blossom. All bee...