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Calendaring the North American Bees

This is no ordinary calendar. We just previewed the second annual North American Native Bee...

North American Bee Calendar

THIS is a preview of the North American Bee Calendar, created by native bee enthusiast Celeste Ets-Hokin of the San Francisco Bay Area. Proceeds benefit the Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation and the Great Sunflower Project.

Posted on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8:35 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Celeste Ets-Hokin (7), Great Sunflower Project (5), Gretchen LeBuhn (5), Rollin Coville (14), Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (13)

Sunny Sunflowers

If you enjoy sunflowers--and the seeds and oil--thank a bee.Sunflowers, native to the Americas, are...

Sunflower Field

HEADS of sunflowers follow the sun in what scientists call heliotropism. These sunflowers are in a field off Pedrick Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Hives

BEE HIVES line a sunflower field along Pedrick Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey Bee

HONEY BEE forages on a sunflower head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:52 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (103), Great Sunflower Project (5), Gretchen LeBuhn (5), sunflowers (10)

Native Bee Calendar Focuses on 'Pin-Up Girls'--and Boys

Humans aren't the only calendar pin-up models. Think native bees. Think the 2010 Native Bees...

Spectacular Photography

SPECTACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY of entomologist Rollin Coville, who received his doctorate in entomology from UC Berkeley, graces the 2010 Native Bees Calendar, a fundraising project of the Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower Project. (Photos courtesy of Rollin Coville)

Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Great Sunflower Project (5), Matthew Shepherd (6), native bees (36), Rollin Coville (14), Xerces Society (34)

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Posts Tagged: Great Sunflower Project

Calendaring the North American Bees

Sunny Sunflowers

Native Bee Calendar Focuses on 'Pin-Up Girls'--and Boys

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