I see at this time of the year on beekeeping forums new beekeepers asking a question like "My bees have a white stripe down their back....

My ladies gave me a small present yesterday :) I'm so happy and grateful for it! Last year I did not harvest any honey in top bar hives...

Summer is the lush season :) everything is in full bloom and bees are at their busiest buzzing here and there collecting pollen, nectar, wat...

 I have spotted rose colored pollen being brought into the hive.  Im not sure what plant has rose pollen?  More pics of rose pollen...

After yesterday's rainy and cloudy day the Bees seem very eager to work :) It is sunny again and the temperature is 24'C. Perfect f...

"Glory Of The Snow" (Chionodoxa Luciliae)  is flowering big time around here and the bees are all over it collecting blue pollen :...