Only two pictures today… because yesterday nothing topped the honey in Nefertiti’ s House..
and the Brood in Cleopatra’s.
These are hand held shots so the images are not brilliantly sharp at this magnification. But … wow. I could not resist. They had a tough spring with all the rain and storms and cool weather. So both colonies are still small but they are trucking along: Good Bees!
And that is all for today because all the other pictures paled in comparison!
Have a lovely, lovely day.
your friend, celi
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48 responses to “Good Bees.. Close Up”
I think you’re just plain brave to get that close to that many bees.
How great that your bees are doing so well after all you went through to get the new Queen. Wonderful to see!
Been at the cabin and missed three of your posts Celi. Hate the title of the last one and Robert says, “don’t read that to me!” But I’ll be brave…:)
A real home show! The close up shots are wonderful.
This area is alert right now about Africanized killer bees. Yesterday they blocked off a residential area and removed a HUGE hive built under the eaves of a house (it was really big) One of the neighbor’s dogs was stung to death the day before. LAst week near Waco (west of here more towards Dallas) a man on his tractor disturbed a hive and was stung too severely to live. We need a really cold cold winter here which discourages those bees.
Between the pesticides and those aggressive bees our little honey bees are at risk. So glad you are well to the north with actual winters. We need all the honey bees we can get!
Hope you have a sweet day!
Those killer bees sound terrifying, absolutely awful.. c
Wow! Killer bees and honeybees–amazing!
Such clever and beautiful bees!
Have notice a lot of natural little honey bees in my garden over the past couple of weeks, which is fantastic! They have been on my two Kiwi climbers and I notice I have lots of little kiwi’s forming – first year (they are actually 4 years old this year, has taken that long to get to this stage). Love your pictures, you are a natural with your camera!
Very cool photo C, I’ve never seen a hive so close up. You’ll have lots of gorgeous honey from these busy workers! Over the last few years we’ve been buying bees wax candles exclusively from a Toronto based family owned business…I finally figured out why I got a stuffy nose every time we put a candle on, it’s because they are paraffin! The bees wax is so much cleaner. Did you know that in Canada the government only regulates that you need add only 10% actual bees wax to be able to call it a bees wax candle. It’s ridiculous.
Any creature that can inspire this lovely quote is to be admired. Love the photos. XX
Quote from poet Antonio Machado–
“Last night as I was sleeping
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.”
Impressed you got so close!
Don’t let the bees see my recent post – I’ve given them a bad press! 🙂
They are coming along nicely!
What “sweet” photos Cinders! Bee happy! 🙂
Less is more… the glimpse into the hives is just magic 🙂
What a happy thought, as they go buzzing around; honey, pollen collecting, sharing the gift of life to flowers and plants. Yes, they ARE good bees.
Bees are fascinating, they really must have had a tough time this spring with all the rain and cold 😦 poor bees, hopefully the sun will be here to stay soon!
I really hope so too, for all our sakes! c
Ah yes, indeed! There’s been enough (too much) bad weather now, c’mon sunshine!!