My husband is a beekeeper. You know with the white suite, hood, mask, smoker...the whole shabang. The only problem with being a beekeeper now a days is that the honey bees keep disappearing. Colony Collapse Disorder has been all over the news. It has been reported that our world as we know it cannot survive without these perfect little pollinaters. Two years ago we had 7 hives, last year 0. The disorder has hit us hard.
After discoving all of our bees gone hubby cleaned out and stored the empty hive boxes in the camel shed to keep them out of the weather. We were surprised and delighted this spring to find that a colony had moved into the empty boxes. This does make going into the shed to feed the animals a bit dicey but it is worth it to see a healthy active hive.
Yesterday while I was taking pictures (because I'm basically photo obsessed, lol) and while I was in the garden a lone honey bee started buzzing around the Borage. I knelt there trying to not move until the little guy landed on the flower right in front of me. I love this shot. I really missed having bees around...welcome back little one!
