From the field, a beautiful sight captured by Sarah Nizzi, Xerces Farm Bill Pollinator Conservation Planner and NRCS Partner Biologist. The video shows a Bombus impatiens (common eastern bumble bee) foraging on penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) in a 2-year old residential pollinator planting in Iowa. Large-flowered beardtongue is a native species that blooms late spring/early summer. “Due to the size, I would say it is a queen,” said Nizzi. “This is a great testament of the phr

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