Native Bee Talk

Native bee talk in Marin today
Native bee talk!

Today, Doc and I went to the native bee talk at Heiðrún Meadery, up in West Marin today. It was great, we got to learn a lot about native bees, and then we got to walk around and look at native bees and catch them to look at them (and then release them, of course). Doc even caught a cuckoo bee!

Native bee talk in Marin today
The cuckoo bee that Doc caught

Everybody looked around a lot for bumblebees, because supposedly it is the season for there to be lots of them, but we did not see any bumblebees (surprising, too, because at my office in Marin I see bumblebees all the time). Oh, well. We saw at least 5 other species of native bees, though!

Native bee talk in Marin today
The meadery’s hives for European honeybees (not California native bees, but still fun)

The lecture also coincided with oyster Sunday at the meadery, so we got to have oysters and mead as well.

Native bee talk in Marin today
Doc drinking mead

Sutro Baths Bike Trip

This weekend, I wanted to go check out the Richmond branch of the Community Music Center, so Doc and I biked on over. Since we were so close to the Cliff House, Sutro Baths, and Land’s End, and the Legion of Honor we decided to go check all that out as well (especially since Doc had never been to the Cliff House or the Sutro Baths).

Swallows Swooping over Sutro Baths
The swallows were swooping over the water, presumably eating the insects there.

Birds Flying over Sutro Baths
Doc Peeking over Sutro Baths

Doc's Head
We found a hole that we could fit our heads through.

Doc and Sutro Baths
Sutro Baths
Doc at the Sutro Baths
Rocks near Sutro Baths