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Springtime I

by Dawn Currie

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Title

Springtime I

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie - Busy bee in Springtime, collecting pollen from Lupine wildflowers.

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Native bees are an unappreciated treasure, with 4,000 species from tiny Perdita to large carpenter bees, they can be found anywhere in North America where flowers bloom. Native pollinators, in particular bees, had been doing all the pollination in this continent before the arrival of imports from the Old World. They continue to do a great deal of it, especially when it comes to native plants.

The European honey bee, remarkable as it is, doesn't know how to pollinate a tomato or an eggplant flower, while some native bees are masters at this. The same thing happens with a number of native plants, such as pumpkins and watermelons, blueberries and cranberries, which are more efficiently pollinated by native bees than by honey bees.

Wild lupine is a perennial plant in the pea family with beautiful pink to blue flowers. It is found primarily on dry, sandy soils in open to partially shaded habitats. Many of the areas where the lupine grows are oak savanna and pine barrens plant communities. These communities support a diverse array of rare plant and animal species.