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Hey, Wait, Take Me With You!
Hey, wait, take me with you! No, leave me alone! Let me go! Have you ever seen insects struggling...
A honey bee frantically struggles to escape from a reproductive chamber of a milkweed blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Right, left, up and down, the honey bee tries to free herself from the milkweed "floral trap." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee finally managed to free herself and then returned to forage for more nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee couldn't free herself from the reproductive chamber of the milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Milkweed: A Honey Bee's Floral Trap
It is not a "pretty sight," as Ernest Hemingway might have said, to see a honey bee stuck like...
A honey bee stuck in milkweed pollinia. This plant is the narrowleaf milkweed,Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee struggles to free herself from the sticky nectar trough of a milkweed plant, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almost free! A honey bee works to free herself from the sticky nectar trough of a milkweed plant, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Death trap: This bee couldn't free herself from the sticky milkweed blossom of a Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gophers in Your Garden? Try the Gophinator!
If you have gophers eating plants in your garden or landscape, you'll want to watch this brand new...
