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seabee v8
This was a very shiny airplane that we saw at the airshow on Father's Day weekend. Our family went to see the Snowbirds - you can see one of my munchkins in the reflection - she's got her pink cowgirl hat on! Anyway, I thought it was cool that a plane was named after a bee. I'm told they have
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beautiful bee
The other day when I was walking my children to school, I noticed this gorgeous bee. How could I not stop and take a picture? She had pollen in her hind leg pockets, and was working away at collecting the nectar from this flower. I think it's a mason bee, which is a type of solitary bee. Some masons are
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luxury
. London has an interesting idea – Luxury Hotels for Bees. There are a few different designs. I like the one that looks like a Joseph Cornell box. Thanks Darren for sending me the link. .
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update
. I heard from the person who had the bees in the wall of the house – they had to call an exterminator because there was really no easy way to get the bees out. Which I am not holding against them. You gotta do what you gotta do. It really doesn’t make sense to tear up your house over this. This person is also allergic to bee stings, which makes it all the more important that the bees are gone quickly. .
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bees in a house in kitchener
.Last night was interesting…. someone had contacted the beekeepers association about a swarm of bees nesting in the siding of a house, so I went with a fellow beekeeper to check it out. The pic above is the hive entrance, but we couldn’t actually figure out where in the wall they were. So, they’re still in the wall of the house. Until we figure out how to get them out..
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backlit
.Today I’ll be taking my observation hive to my daughter’s class! Should be fun. I took a sweet photo last night while checking them out (above). It was late and dark, and the hive was backlit by my back door light. Why late and dark? Because everybody’s home then. I need to lock them all in for safely transporting and showing the kiddies in the class. If I had waited until this afternoon, a lot of the bees would be out foraging (provided it’s not pouring down rain like it is right now) and they would be very confused upon returning home to where their house once was. Grade 2…