Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Daylily "Fooled Me".  7.4.16 Daylily "Daring Deception" - may be atypical.  7.4.16 Daylily "Chicago Apa...

Honeybee swarm.  4.25.15  Ning got excited when the honeybees were swarming.  Neither of us had ever seen that phenomenon before. The ...

Bonanza Peach in bloom.  3.7.15 Honeybees enjoying a sunny spring day.   3.7.15  Today was sunny and warm.  Last week there was fro...

Honeybee on Buddleia "Honeycomb"  7.27.14 Honeybee on Buddleia "Honeycomb".  7.27.14 Butterfly on Buddleia &...

Honeybee cluster in new top bar hive.  5.4.14 Allium bee forage.  5.16.14 I opened one of the hives on Sunday, to inspect and see ...

Two Packages of Bees Today the packaged bees arrived.  Italian honeybees.  I installed them in the two beehives.  To each colony, I prov...

Today had to call in sick.  Don't like doing that but miserable.  Just on line a few minutes then back to bed. image source:  vintag...

I noted in previous post, I bought a fair sized specimen Sourwood tree.  Oxydendrum arboreum. Sourwoods are native to the Southeaste...

Sedum, unknown variety More for the apiary garden. I recovered this sedum clump from a grass-filled area under an old cherry tree.  It...

New honeycomb under construction. Inside the top bar hive. Today I did some hive maintenance.  Separated each bar.  There was some ...

Borage with honeybees. Borage with honeybee.  The good thing about fatigue is I can sit for a long time with the camera and catch s...

Oregano flowers I should keep better track of what is blooming, what has foraging bees, and what doesn't. Oregano just started bl...

Working on plants to encourage and feed honeybees for the apiary garden.  Some parts of year are covered - in Spring, Acer (maple)  flowers...

honeybee on daisy Buddleia Miss Ruby 1st flower This weekend I planted two more Ceonathus thyrsiflorus "Victoria" starts...