Posts Tagged: Celeste Ets-Hokin

Remembering the Wild Bees

Native bee enthusiast Celeste Ets-Hokin of the Bay Area is on a mission: she wants residents to...

"Wild Bee Gardens" is the first known conservation app for North American native bees.

"Wild Bee Gardens" is the first known conservation app for North American native bees

A sunflower bee foraging on an echinacea flower. (Photo by Celeste Ets-Hokin)

A sunflower bee foraging on an echinacea flower. (Photo by Celeste Ets-Hokin)

Learn About Native Bees and the Flowers They Visit

It's just in time for National Pollinator Week, June 16-22. Native bee enthusiast Celeste...

A screen shot of the "Wild Bee Gardens" app.

A screen shot of the "Wild Bee Gardens" app.

This is the app icon. It's of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heading toward a California poppy.

This is the app icon. It's of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heading toward a California poppy.Bombus vosnesenskii, heading toward a California poppy.

The ABCs of the Bee-a-Thon 3

What Emmet Brady describes as "the wonderful world of pollination" will come to life on Wednesday,...

Honey bee on an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a begonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a cucumber blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a cucumber blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Not Your Average Garden-Variety Calendar

It's not your average garden variety calendar.It's absolutely bee-utiful. Native bees reign supreme...

This is one of Rollin Coville's stunning photos of a male green sweat bee, Agapostemon. (Photo by Rollin Coville, used with permission),

This is one of Rollin Coville's stunning photos of a male green sweat bee, Agapostemon. (Photo by Rollin Coville, used with permission),

The cover of the calendar, "Garden Variety Native Bees of North America." (Photos by Rollin Coville)

The cover of the calendar, "Garden Variety Native Bees of North America." (Photos by Rollin Coville)

Mark Your Calendar

Mark your calendar.If you're a bee aficionada and haven't ordered your educational North American...

North American Bee Calendar

SPOTLIGHTING bees, the North American Bee Calendar features 12 species of bees. Some are pictured here. Most of the photos are by noted insect photographer Rollin Coville. (The honey bee is the work of Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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