Gray-headed coneflower. I called it a drooping coneflower for years. July 26, 2018 I love watching damselflies dance among the flowers. Honey bees taking a little time off. A lovely display at the Water’s Edge Nature Center near Algona, Iowa. It might resemble a honey bee, but it’s a drone fly. ← Monarda, bee balm or wild bergamot is a plant whose rhizomes are capable of surviving earth-moving operations.Years ago, I wrote a newspaper column about this silo house near Titonka, Iowa. →