Ten pound honey bass!

How cool is that

They look so calm.

Honey bees. They make the world go round.

My favorite insect.

They do make the world go Sharon! They gave me fits today, though. They flew off twice before I had to give them some brood from another hive to get them to stay.

Nice.... Was it one of your hives ?

Looks like you were growling at them amspoker.

dang nice swarm

The knowledge of influencing such "wee folk" as those are beyond me ...I just admire them from afar .

When I lived on the big isle of Hawaii , I rode a string of polo horses for a contractor , who had the stables and arenas way up the slope where the coffee plantations were....also avocados , mangos, papayas , many groves and flowers were the signature of that high altitude.

It was a lovely cooler area in habitat , that was totally different from the hot humid sea level layers below.

Honey bees loved that whole area , or as I assumed from the swarms I often saw there.

Part of my training and exercise program for the horses was after a vigorous workout in the arena, I would take them out into the lush vast countryside of trails into the coffee plantations, other groves and indigenous country . It did wonders for a hot blood mind in calming and enjoying life. Along the way, often, I would spot swarms in trees or shrubs. They never paid me any mind....they were consumed in their own goals in huddling onto the branches.

I would always report them to the local bee keeper , who was thrilled to rescue them and add to his honey production.

Nice memories for me .

Here, I have planted clover and many other flowering shrubs and indigenous plants that produce lots of flowers that bees love first thing in spring.

Not sure the range of a hive, but someone in recent years must have hives a mile or so away, as the bees love to visit . I smile watching them work, and frown mightily on the hornets who may give them grief.

Love honey bees . Unrefined honey has a plethora of pathogen fighting properties ...is so good for health and life.

Yes, I've had trouble keeping ahead of them this year.


I was always taught, when enhancing the perception of your catch, to exaggerate as much as possible.

I feel I did well.

Their range from what I have read, is two to three miles. They are an amazing part of the creation. Someday, you will teach me about horses. And I will teach you about bees.

They look like they would fill two deeps.

I'll never get to sleep tonight!

They left the boxes I gave them twice. I had to give them a couple frames of brood to persuade them to stay. I think they wanted a bigger place.

I can remember as a kid growing up on the farm there where several hives of bees located in hollow trees .Usually they would be in a place where a large branch had broken off at the trunk of the tree and there was a hollow spot in the trunk at that location .It has been a long time since I have see a hive living in a tree . Most people do not stop to consider how important pollinators our to our food supply

one other way is to cut down a queen exclucder and put in on the front of the hive, ifin mammy can't get out the rest will stay

Thanks for the tip. I was getting frustrated with them, as I have never had that problem before.

I half hate bees anymore because we are infested with killer bees!