Photos of >21 species of native bees in Southwestern Oregon this year

Travis O enoster@hotmail.com
Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:35:56 PST
Hi,

I've been observing bees my area for the past year on flowers in the garden and in wild places. If I was lucky I took a photo, and the following link is the culmination of my efforts.

http://amateuranthecologist.com/2016/11/…

No question that bees are important pollinators, and important for food production, but many bees are also important pollinators of many of our bulbs. Narcissus, Allium, Veratrum, Calochortus, Triteleia, Spiranthes, Erythronium, and Toxicoscordion are a few that require bees in part (and not always honeybees). Some are entirely dependent on bees for pollination (i.e. Spiranthes, some Narcissus) while others are generalists and can be pollinated by a variety of insects (i.e. Allium, Scilla). Others still aren't bee pollinated at all, and are pollinated instead by flies, butterflies, occasionally wasps, or birds (i.e. Canna).

Travis Owen
Rogue River, OR

http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/
http://www.oldsolbees.com/
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/




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