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| Honey bees and native pollinators active in early summer blooms. Raleigh, NC. Photo: HJB |
My backyard was a pollinator paradise this morning. Carpenter bees, bumble bees, honey bees, and lots of small native bees were active at our salvia, hydrangea, and
kniphofia. All these bees reminded me that I wanted to share that
Shelley Rogers will be defending her master's thesis on pollination ecology in North Carolina blueberries this Tuesday, May 29th at 9am in 3503
Thomas Hall on NC State's campus. Shelley has done an outstanding job of describing the pollinator community, individual pollinator efficiency, and some of the unique bee interactions specific to blueberries in the southeast. She'll be sharing the results of this effort Tuesday, and her presentation is open to the public.
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| Carpenter bee foraging on salvia. Photo: HJB |
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