Two Tyeps of Honeybees

 Of the three hives I have, one of them has bees of a darker color.  They both are honey bees, but of a slightly differnt type.  The light color is an Itilian Honeybee and the darker one is most likly Carniolan.  The queen bees must be from these types of honey bees so all the worker are of they type.

An afternoon out drinking

 The bees like a close watering hole.  Collectivly they drink a fair amount of water.  I seem to be filling up thier bird bath more than the other ones.

Early Start

 Just at the end of March, I checked the hive.  There already has been a hatch of brood, and collections of nector and pollen.  So I added a supper to give them more room and start to collect honey for me.

50 Degree Day

It got up to 50 degrees outside today, not bad at the end of Jan.  Some of the bees poked their heads out and stretched their wings.

It seems that 50 degrees is what they look for to venture outside.  Any colder and I do not see them out at all.

It has been a warm Dec & 1st 1/2 of Jan. Today we got up to 50 degrees. As the sun heats the front of the hive the bees come out. Have placed some water infront of the hive and some honey for the them to eat.

Presidential Bee's

During my friends to trip to Washington DC he was able to capture a photo of a bee hive on the White-house south lawn.

My stand for the bee hive it not that nice.  Also note they do not use any deep hive body's.  I think I am going to go that route for any new hives.

The different flower the bees visit results in different color honey.  On the right is from Summer/Fall 2010.  Middle was Spring/Summer 2011 and left is Fall 2011.  It is cool with the Honey come out as dark as used motor oil.