Tag: crotch’s bumble bee

• Befriending the Bumble Bee

  

  Did you know that honey bees were imported from Europe and are not native to the United States? In California, we have about 1,600 species of native bees, and 26 of these are bumble bees. The bumble bee is the largest and gentlest of all the known species of bees. The queen bumble bee hibernates in the winter, […]

  E. Wallace

  April 1, 2020

  Buckwheat, Gardening with Native Plants

  crotch’s bumble bee, flowers