Good morning patriots.

I like bees very much. They're a lot smarter than people think. They can even get to know a particular person, feel the vibrations of everything around them, they have empathy and social sensitivity.
One man who is a beekeeper from his ancestors has about 60 hives in the hives next to my garden. I can stand right next to the hives when the beekeeper is working, bees won't hurt me. He laughs about it that he hadn't seen it yet. I think they're just used to me.

My Gran was a bee charmer. She said if I'm ever surrounded by bees, never be afraid.

Just visualize a honeycomb in your head & you'll never get stsung.

Must have worked for her because she never wore protective clothing when working around the bees.

A FRIEND AND I WORKED WITH HIS HIVES ON THE FARM WE NEVER WORE BEE SUITS I HAVE AN ACRE OF GARDEN AND TWO HIVES.

Lovely!

I'm hoping to get some bees in a horizontal hive next spring. I'll build the hive first, of course, then see if I can find a swarm & attract them to my "bee taxi" with essential oil of melissa, which they love!

I have always loved the sounds of bees. I really enjoy them when I'm out in the garden.

I'm planting a lot of nectar-bearing perennials this year so next year will be bountiful for the little critters! I want to have all that in place before I get the bees.

Putting in berry bushes & all kinds of permaculture this year.

YEP THE BEES HERE HAVE ALL THE NECTAR THEY DESIRE

I'm not a fan, but am thinking of installing a Butia palm... just for the bees. I might make butia butter or coffee substitute or use the pips for skin creams if I need to...

When they are in bloom, there's a huge branch of flowers that literally drip with nectar... to the point of making a sticky mess on the ground under the tree. Bees adore this stuff.

Happily, nobody but me & the bees would recognize it as food!