Video The Bumble Bee and the Rugosa Rose
The Bumble Bee and the Rugosa Rose, Jamaica Bay
The Rugosa Rose is a common exotic that is well implanted in the New York area. Its profusion has been greatly helped by such insects as the bumblebee that helps spread its pollen The plant comes from Asia originally and is named after the wrinkled - rugose - surface of its leaves.
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Signed art prints donated by three extraordinary artists are available for purchase in our art prints store, to support the programs we are engaged in. The prints include, among others, "Last Turn Your Turn" created by Robert Rauschenberg for the Earth Summit, Christo sketches of "The Gates,” a public art event by Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude that drew millions to Central Park, and "Manifest Destiny," by Alexis Rockman, showing New York City underwater in the future as a result of climate change.