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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A native cactus bee (Diadasia rinconis) sits on its preferred flowering plant. Photo by: © Bruce Taubert

Native bees do it better

Kaitlyn Fletcher October 2, 2018

  A native bee wraps its hind legs around a flower and vibrates its wings to unlock the flower’s hidden treasure –pollen. Its fuzzy body coated in yellow, the bee flies off to discover...

Francesca Claverie, the nursery manager at Borderlands Restoration, holds... All photos by Emily Huddleston

Restoration organizations band together for native plants

Emily Huddleston April 14, 2016

Francesca Claverie adores Heuchera, a hot pink and coral-red wildflower that calls to hummingbirds. She clings to Ratibida columnifera, a reddish-brown and yellow wildflower that grows in sunny, open...

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