Jul 18, 2011
Two's company, three's a crowd?
Yes, when a spotted cucumber beetle tries to share a sunflower with two honey bees.
That was the scene Sunday in a sunflower field along Pedrick Road, Dixon, Solano County.
The spotted cucumber beetle is a pest. Honey bees are beneficial.
It was a bucolic scene: blue skies, golden sunflowers, scores of honey bees....and a few pests.
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![Spotted cucumber beetle sharing a sunflower with two honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Spotted cucumber beetle sharing a sunflower with two honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/7908.jpg)
Spotted cucumber beetle sharing a sunflower with two honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
![Honey bee packing a heavy load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Honey bee packing a heavy load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/7909.jpg)
Honey bee packing a heavy load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
![Bucolic scene--bee hives straddling a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Bucolic scene--bee hives straddling a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/7910.jpg)
Bucolic scene--bee hives straddling a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)