Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Beauty in the GARDEN up FRONT.

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Honey BEE out front on the Magnolia BLOOM

This Bee is really enjoying his harvesy of Magnolia POLLEN

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210[1] flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named afterFrench botanist Pierre Magnol.

Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. As a result, thecarpels of Magnolia flowers are tough, to avoid damage by eating and crawling beetles. Fossilised specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae dating to 95 million years ago[citation needed]. Another primitive aspect of Magnolias is their lack of distinct sepals or petals.

The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America.

A REAL HARVESTER

A Computer class is being taught at the Hurst TX Senior Center

Yes please make a FOLDER MAM

One of our regulars at class

We ALL Know where this IS.

We have a very smart instructor at COMPUTER CLASS

Thanks to OUR INSTRUCTOR...