Sep 8, 2009
Pollen-packing honey bees dangling from gaura (Gaura linheimeri) are a joy to photograph.
Gaura, native to Louisiana, Texas and Mexico, is a long-stemmed plant with a burst of pinkish-white petals that resemble whirling butterflies.
A member of the Onagraceae family (think primroses, fireweed and fuchsias), it's a perennial that needs little care.
Gaura! Gaura! Gaura!
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![POLLEN-PACKING honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) POLLEN-PACKING honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2443.jpg)
Honey Bee on Gaura
![SIP, SIP, SIPPING AWAY--A honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) SIP, SIP, SIPPING AWAY--A honey bee nectaring gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/2445.jpg)
Sipping Away