Today we had lunch and a great visit with some old friends. Dan enjoys beekeeping in his back yard. He built the hive tower from plans he found on the internet. He had some difficulty this spring with the hive swarming up into a tree, but he was finally able to coax them back into the hive. He is hoping they will continue to make honey as seen through the glass window. Each layer has a glass window so he can monitor their progress.
Pure natural sweetness
Organic gold stored in wax
We take a quick peek
IPhone Photos: Dwight L. Roth
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Very awesome in so many ways. I wonder how he coaxed them down?
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Thank you Lisa! I believe he used some lemon balm, or something similar. that they are attracted to.
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ah!
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Very neat!!
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I once knew a doctor who did something similar.
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It looks like a fun project!
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Thank you very much!
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You’re welcome!
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Awesome! We need more people doing this.
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Thank you Michele. He has been raising bees for some time. The honey is a really sweet payoff!! :>)
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Absolutely enthralling Dwight, nature is definitely very kind to us …
hmmm … best we not forget about her kindness ..
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Thank you Ivor. It really is and you are exactly right my friend. We must take care of what we have or it will be gone!
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Thank you for this fascinating glimpse into beekeeping!
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Bees fascinate me, great read! Thanks for sharing 😊
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Thank you so much. Bees are wonderful!
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Very Awesome photos 👌🌷They taking honey so smartly 👍🏻🙏🌷
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So beautiful to see in action! Thank you!
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Welcome 🌷
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Beautiful! Nice share!
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Thank you very much!
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Protective gear unnecessary, it seems
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They were too busy to bother about us! He did tell me not to get in line with their flight path in and out of the hive. He said he got stung a couple of times there.
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Bee-ooo-tiful! 🐝 What a sweet post, Dwight! 🐝 Thank you for sharing Dan and his bees with us!🐝
One of my brother-in-laws is a beekeeper, too. 🐝
I’m so grateful for bees, their work, their honey! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
🐝 🌸 🐝 🌺 🐝 🌼 🐝
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Thank you so much! Yo ae right the world would not be functioning so well without bees. No bees no food!
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Fascinating project! Thank you for sharing!
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It is very fascinating to see them working in there! Thank you…
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😊
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Wonderful….. Love Bees… and have been privileged to have a few wild bumble bee nests in our allotment garden under our shed before now.. I take my hat off to any Bee Keeper…. We need our Bees.. ❤
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Thank you Sue! Yes we really do need our bees.
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We certainly do… 🙂
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How cool!!! Our neighbors here in Indiana are bee keepers! 🙂
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Very nice & I enjoyed looking at all the photos!
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This is right up our alley, you know. Bob’s a retired beekeeper. He says, no not retired…. just tired!! It’s an exhausting profession… but with sweet rewards indeed! ❤
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How interesting! It does require taking care of to get goo results.
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Yes, to get good results, you need to be very diligent … otherwise the “goo results” are quite disturbing! Hah :o)
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:>)
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Soo cool Dwight!
I was sooooo excited when we had bees in our brick wall and did a trap out and it worked. then we had the box and electic wire around them too and things were working great. much to our chagrin an animal got in and destroyed them all.. sooo sad
💖
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Thank you… It was an interesting day! Sounds like you had a good thing going until…
Maybe a bear?? Don;t think Coyotes eat honey!
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Very interesting photo story.
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Very cool
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