Honey Bees are coming

We're starting 2 hives of honey bees this spring. It's a new adventure for us. We've been attending classes at our local university and going to meetings throughout the state during the past year. It's amazing how much interest there is and the groups are constantly planning learning experiences for new folks and upgrading their own skills as pests, viruses, and other dangers morph or appear.

You can sense how much these folks care about the environment and how much they love their bees. I've not seen a honey bee here in our backyard for years -- if ever. I see our first bees in May, strating with the bumbles. So perhaps, this year in April, our fruit trees will actually get pollinated and perhaps bear some fruit.

And, I can't wait to be browsing the flowers and see some of our own little hbs busily at work.

More on this later. Must find bee favorites in the garden catalogs....