@The-Busy-Bee:

I am so glad to know that YGS is still keeping the buzz going about the Great Sunflower Project.  I met the director of the project last year and it seems that the results of this citizen science project are really making an impact in the national conservation picture. 

@Tom: Mary Beth and I are so saddened when we found out about Lisa. We miss her laugh, her smile. What an inspiration to everyone that knew her. Your web site is a beautiful extension of Lisa's presence. Best regards Scot Mc

@mccompany: Lisa Marini Finerty, co-founder of YourGardenShow, remains an inspiration to the team here. She was a driving force in establishing the Citizen Science platform on this site. Thanks Lisa!

@Groundskeeper: I filmed my girls dining in a peony this summer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBhyu47GNEI).  I have never seen so many bees in a single flower move that quickly in any other type of flower.  The large Alliums or Sunflowers may have lots of bees but I believe they are actually hundreds of florets.   

@Beeboy: Hi and welcome to the Forum! It would be cool to see some of your bees - why not upload some photos to your Honeydoo garden page?

@Beeboy: You have bee hives, I'm guessing. How many bees in a standard hive?

@Beeboy: That sounds like a fun and healthy to bee, Mike.   If you get a chance to observe them closely, let me know if there are different kinds of bees, as opposed to just honey bees.  Let me know if there are any green bees or smaller bees more yellow and shorter antennae.  Those are some of the great native pollinators. 

@Entomolo-garden: I began to identify native insects in my garden this year and was surprised to discover (with my limited entomological skills) 8 different types of wasps, 3 dominant native bees, a lot of Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies and a variety of fles (Greenbottle blow fly, Drone fly ...).  A virtual cornucopia of pollinators.

@Strathcona:  Hello BC.  I am so glad you took the time to do so.  I attended a workshop on the "Bounty of Pollination" at the UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute today.  Quite a marvelous experience, all about  the little buggers that make the world go round.  I really appreciate how you counting all the different species as well.  It great when people can really tune into the diversity, the Microcosmic Universe in their own back yard.  Did you happen to get any pics?  I recommend you share them, esp with YGS members and your friends on Facebook. 

@Entomolo-garden: Tuning in the small world takes you deeper and deeper. There's no bottom. At least, I haven't found it

@Entomolo-garden: Most of the photos in my gardenshow album are of flowers with insects.  Also, I have a local community bee website which is part of our beekeeping organization and our community garden which is full of native insect photos I have taken.