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Noxious or Nice?

Today, in honor of National Pollinator Week, we turn to the Picris echioides. Picris...

Honey Bee

HONEY BEE touches down on a bristly oxtongue, a plant considered a noxious weed to people but a treasure to bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Silver Wings

SILVER WINGS and a load of pollen--this honey bee is oblivious to everything but the bristly oxtongue (Picris echioides). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Taste Test

TONGUE EXTENDED, a honey bee nectars a bristly oxtongue blossom at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM

Comments: 2

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bristly oxtongue (2), Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility (132), honey bee (259), Picris echioides (1)

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