George Boutwell’s

MOUNTAIN PINK AND CUCKOO BEE

Painting completed in: 1987

Mountain Pink (Centaurium beyrichii, Gentian family) grows in ball like clumps about 12" in diameter in central and west Texas from May to August. The Cuckoo Bee is a parasitic Bee that deposits its eggs in the ness of other Bees for the host Bees to care for.

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