Western Honeybee

Western Honeybee

The Western Honeybee came to us from Europe.  It is quite common here.  

Bee Hive

I think that the reason the bees are so common is because we have bee keepers in the area.  We, at Gorman, have several acres of plants upon which bees feed.  To show only a few:

Honeybee on Tall Sunflower

 I believe that I have heard we have 17 different kinds of aster including some Sunflowers.

Honeybee

Honeybee on New York Aster

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Pink knotweed

Pink knotweed

This plant grows in the bottom of the dried out vernal pool.  It grows thickly except in the deepest part.  I think it is the same plant which grew in the back barn lot where I grew up.  Each of the little "knots" is a flower.  They open separately.

Honey Bee

Because of few being open, the bees move over them quickly and are difficult to photograph.  They do attract lots of bees mostly honey bees.

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Rhyolite

Rhyolite

Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic, rock which is silica rich.  It is designated extrusive because it is the product of magma exiting a volcano either in a flow or explosion.  My thoughts are that this sample came from a flow because it does not show bubbles.  Rhyolite eruptions are not common.  Only three have been recorded, world wide, since the beginning of the 20th Century.  This sample was originally obtained in either New Mexico or Nevada.

Rhyolite

 I can see where it flowed around some sort of crystal before it cooled.

This type of lava cools quickly in the open air.  The quick cooling precludes the formation of large crystals.  The closer I look, I can see small crystalizaion.

Rhyolite

Rhyolite

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