The nucs I have that have 2015 post soltice queens are building up nicely! Some of them have seven to eight frames of brood already with new bees emerging all the time. Around 4:30 on sunny afternoons they seem to have their orientation flights. They have also been on the Dutch clover, Buckeye tree, Catmint, Dogwood and the Black Locust has just started to bloom here in West Michigan. I have yet to get a picture of them on the Black Locust bloom.
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| Honeybee alighting on Red Buckeye bloom. May 2016 |
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| Red Buckeye Bloom |
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| Honeybee coming on for a landing on Dogwood bloom, May, 2016. I had watched my Dogwood tree bloom and did not see honeybees on it until the white petals started to brown and then they were all over it for a few days. The flowers within the big white petals had popped open and they were gathering pollen and possibly nectar from the green little mass of flowers you see in the middle. |
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| The honeybees love this Catmint perennial. I love it too as it starts blooming in May, splits well, does well in poor soil and does well with minimal water. Requirements for most plants in my yard! |
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| Honeybee on Dutch Clover. June, 2016. |
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| Honeybee on Dutch Clover, early June, 2016. |
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| Honeybee on the Catmint blooms. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this also. |
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| Honeybee orientations flights on a warm sunny June afternoon. |
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| Honeybees, don't they just make you want to smile. |
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| Honeybee on Autumn Olive Bloom, a species on the "Invasive list." |
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| Honey bee on Autumn Olive Bloom, May 24, 2016. |
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| Honeybee gathering nectar from Autumn Olive. May, 2016. |
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| I couldn't resist putting this pose in here, Honeybee on Autumn Olive bloom. May, 2016. |
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| Honeybee on Autumn Olive. May 2016. These flowers give off a heavenly aroma in the spring! |
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