Dec 25, 2009
Definitely a good dose of Christmas Cheer!
In the plant world, that would be the Kniphofia “Christmas Cheer," also known as "red-hot poker."
On a visit last week to the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum, we encountered a lone honey bee foraging among the Christmas Cheer.
This one probably came from a nearby hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility tended by bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the facility.
Christmas Cheer is an Arboretum All=Star.
And so is the honey bee: an all-star.
Happy holidays, everyone!
Attached Images:
![A SOLITARY HONEY BEE forages among the Christmas Cheer, also known as Knipofia A SOLITARY HONEY BEE forages among the Christmas Cheer, also known as Knipofia](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2991.jpg)
Foraging
![HONEY BEE on the Christmas Cheer takes time to clean her tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) HONEY BEE on the Christmas Cheer takes time to clean her tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2992.jpg)
Cleaning Her Tongue
![CHRISTMAS CHEER (Kniphofia) or CHRISTMAS CHEER (Kniphofia) or](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2994.jpg)
Christmas Cheer