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070108VariousGardenFlowersMP126

SHOT 7/1/08 6:03:32 PM - A western honey bee hovers above a set of yellow upright prairie coneflowers as it collects pollen one afternoon. Prairie coneflower is a native, late-season, herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It usually has a taproot and grows upright from a woody base to a height of 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm). The .numerous, pinnate leaves are deeply cut into linear or .lance-shaped segments along alternately branched .stems. Showy yellow ray flowers droop and .surround the columnar-shaped, brown, central disk. Also sometimes called Mexican Hat. honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008)

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SHOT 7/1/08 6:03:32 PM - A western honey bee hovers above a set of yellow upright prairie coneflowers as it collects pollen one afternoon. Prairie coneflower is a native, late-season, herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It usually has a taproot and grows upright from a woody base to a height of 12 to 24 inches (30 to 60 cm). The .numerous, pinnate leaves are deeply cut into linear or .lance-shaped segments along alternately branched .stems. Showy yellow ray flowers droop and .surround the columnar-shaped, brown, central disk. Also sometimes called Mexican Hat. honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008)