Bees eating from my finger!

These bees are very docile!! I have yet to smoke the hive when I work on them. Hubs does it, but I feel they get irritated with the smoke. I might find this to be differently later on, but for now - they haven't bothered me. Heck, if they sting my fingers, my arthritis might feel better. I actually went out and didn't open the top, but I did put some sugar water on my finger and immediately I had 2 very interested bees. It's odd - I didn't feel a thing while they were eating. Not even a tickle.

Pollen Patties again!

I checked on the bees a couple of weeks ago. The temperature has dropped and I thought I would try the pollen patties again. I cut them this time lengthwise. And only added 2 to the hive, not the whole big thing. The bees took to them immediately.

Bees keeping busy!

It is starting to get cooler here. We had a very early frost back at the beginning of October. Before that the bees were quite busy on these white flowers and on the dandelions throughout the yard. Walking up to the white flowers - I could hear the buzzing there were so many. Makes me think there is another hive close - a wild one. Well, I know there was one 2 years ago. The outer part fell from the tree and I could pick up honeycomb on the ground with honey oozing out. Since then - the bees have moved, but I'm sure they stayed around close. As long as they don't bother the hive, I'm good.