We have hundreds of bumblebees working the hairy vetch, musk thistle, dutch white clover and milkweeds. I am not a bumblebee expert by most seem to be Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens, below). However, working the hairy vetch are large bumblebees with second and third segments being yellow. I do not have a good picture of one yet since they as they are always hanging upside down on the vetch blooms ... maybe B. pennsylvanicus / not pictured ... yet.
We still have dozens of fritillaries visiting our milkweed colonies.
Our rattlesnake master plants are about to bloom (below).
We have seen a few Monarchs around our many milkweed colonies but, only one each time.
We have several areas where we have planted Tennessee coneflowers and they are blooming now but, do not draw many pollinators.
I am trying to get ahead on the bushhogging since school is out for the summer. Our seven acre wildflower/pollinator field we planted last month looks good with the partridge peas up about 3 inches.
We support:
Round House, Jeans and Workware, Made in the USA for 112 years.
http://www.round-house.com/
Red Pig Tools, Garden tools, Made in the USA.
http://www.redpigtools.com/servlet/StoreFront
FEDCO, Co-op Garden Supplies, Seeds, Trees and Bulbs
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
Johnny's Selected Seeds and Garden Tools
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Roundstone Native Seed ... A Kentucky Company!
https://www.roundstoneseed.com/
Prairie Moon Nursery, Native Seeds and Plants
https://www.prairiemoon.com/
Kelley's Beeskeeping ... A Kentucky Company! ... at least for now.
http://www.kelleybees.com/
and these organizations ...
Xerces Society
Journey North
Monarch Watch
Firefly Watch - Museum of Science, Boston
Sierra Club
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