Mary Beth: With the weather calm and warm since the heavy rainstorms came through last week everything is exploding into life.
The bees aren’t drinking as much sugar syrup and they’re beginning to bring in large amounts of pollen. The major source seems to be the red maples. I added a few bars to the TBH (Top Bar Hive) to give the bees more room since they’re starting to build the comb up.
Next week I’ll be checking to see if the Queen is laying eggs. If she is then I’ll have no worries that this hive has made it through the winter in good shape. (Phew!!!)
Barbara: Ever wonder what it’d be like to spend some time with the bees? Mary Beth’s great photos made me feel like I was right there — a “bee’s-eye” view!
I love the last photo, ‘Coming in for a Landing.’ It would look awesome blown up to a really large size.
Love the picture of the bees coming in for a landing!!!!
Wow! Those are awesome photos. Thanks for posting, you don’t often get to see a close up like those.
Fern and Debo – thanks, I love that one too.
Doris – glad you enjoyed the photos, it was fun getting up close and taking photos of the bees, they were so busy they ignored me except for a few who landed on me to take a rest!
These photos are bee-yewteeful. Thank you for sharing them. My bees were supposed to arrive today, but yucky weather is delaying them.
Thanks Jessica and thank you for mentioning us on your blog, good luck with your bee adventures!
MB
These photos are incredible! Wow!
Thank you Cheryl!