Camelina sativa & Honeybees

A recent NPR article reports that the Air Force and Navy are looking at biofuels to reduce dependance on petroleum products. So far a 50% mixture of  jet fuel and camelina biofuel has been used to fly: a Boeing 747, a C-130, FA-18 Super Hornets and a F-22 Raptor. ————————————————————————————————— Reproduction …

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Butterfly Weed at 7:00am on 8.9.10

At 7:00am this morning I came upon this solitary Butterfly Weed Asclepias Tuberosa next to one of our hives; it is a species of Milkweeds. In this location we have production hives on a 10 acre apple orchard. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Wikipedia