Something Interesting

Today I was watching my hive and saw something really strange.
I saw a much darker bee come out of the hive and sit on the landing a few minutes.
He started buzzing his wings and flew to the ground.
He crawled around a while and I thought I would try and put him back on the landing.
I took a small stick and he crawled onto it. I placed him back at the hive entrance.
He sat there a few second and flew back to the ground again. He started crawling
away from the hive. I did this again a couple more times and she continued to fly
back to the ground. I have no idea if the dark bee lived or not but, I will continue to
look for more darker bees from this point.
If any has any idea why this happened. Please post for me. It would be interesting to
know if this occures with bee a lot.

Here's my little ladies hard at work. They started to gather at the entrance just before it started to sprinkle a little rain. They all finally disappeared inside as the rain started coming down a little harder.
Don't have too say, get out of the rain girls...Smart little ladies...amazing...

Just Waiting On The Bees

Here's mom sitting in her lawn chair waiting on the bees to arrive at the bee trap...
Hang in there Mom Curry. They will show up sooner or later...I love you for all you do
for me even now...

New Learning Experience With Bees

Today, turned in to a rainy day. So, I started wondering what bees did if the weather changed from a sprinkle to a good down pour.
So, when it started to sprinkle I stood out front of the hive and just watched what was going on...
I now give a lot of credit to bees and saw first hand just how smart they are. As the rain sprinkled. They still flew around the hive and not to far across the yard from the hive. After a few minutes I noticed that most of them started flying in front of their opening but still not landing. Then the rain picked up just a little more and I saw the landing gear extend and they began dropping in on the landing deck on the front of the hive.
From there they crawled right on in out of the rain...It was funny watching..No one had to tell them to get out of the rain..
Bees are little creatures but, smarter then some I have known....smilessssss....!
After the rain it was a little cool. A few did come back out but most still stayed in and dry. It was also later in the day and I guess they decided to just call it a day and start over tomorrow morning when the sun comes up...Love my little ladies...

This is my raspberry bush among others I have planted to make my yard bee friendly...

This is my new peachtree that was planted about three weeks ago...
Can't wait till my grapes vines get long enough to produce some sweet grapes...

My Second Trap

I finished making my second bee trap today. I got it set up in my sisters yard..
There are a few bee's buzzing around her yard. So, I set a second tray to see what happens...
Come on mother nature...fill this trap with little bees...Amen...

BEES Are Ready

Finally got the call I have been waiting for. MY BEES are ready....
Will be picking them up Tuesday morning early...
Then will introduce them to their new home at my house...

This is a picture of my first Bee trap that I made and set out in my mom's backyard.
There are bees flying in and out of it already. I hope their hive's first swarm will find
their new home here for me...
Working on my second bee trap now...