The New Bee Yard

[DayValleyDahlias]

All looks well from the outside...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a316/Sudhira/BeeYardPrePackage.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a316/Sudhira/BeeYard.jpg

I couldn't get imageshack to d/l these...I am trying photobucket  hhmmm

[dlmarti]

Very nice.

What kind of boxes are those?  Commercial or did you make them?

They don't look like 10 frame equipment either.

[pdmattox]

I think your husband deserves a case of beer or his favorite bevarage for all that hard work. I think that project turned out wonderfull and thanks for sharing.

p.s. Is this the same place were some wild bees stung someone not to long ago?

[DayValleyDahlias]

LOL, that should be renamed the "sting yard"...if you notice there are 2 empty cinder block foundations where the new packages will go. 

The equipment is 8 frame, and was given to me last year before I knew about mediums and the like.  If the bees survive just fine, I will have 2 all medium 8 frame hives, and 2 hives with deep broods and med or shallow honey supers.

That's the human plan, don't know what the bees have planned...LOL

[annette]

Sharon

What a beautiful bee yard. I can't wait until your bees arrive. Please post photos when they arrive. After you hive them or even when hiving them. That should be fun.

I am very happy for you and totally understand your feelings about this wonderful hobby we have.

Sincerely
Annette

[Agility Mom]

Beautiful! Makes me long for summer seeing all the plants. Your bees have a nice place to call home.

[DayValleyDahlias]

You are all too kind,

Thank you so..And yes the hubby really did a great job, considering this is more ""my" hobby than his...I think his hobby, is building stuff for my hobbies HAHA

[Cindi]

Sharon, wow!!!  You got a very, very beautiful apiary there.  Your Husband really did a fine job, and I am not kidding.  Looking at the craftmanship that went into that piece of work was something else.  My hat off to him!!!  What a gorgeous little knoll on the hill.

Your bees will love to live there, not a doubt in my mind, beauty and thank you for sharing this with us.  Have a most wonderfully awesome day.  Cindi

[tillie]

Gosh, what a beautiful space - your bees should be really happy.

Linda T in Atlanta

[DayValleyDahlias]

Thanks again, I am truly humbled...I needed a flat work area, and I got one.  Makes it much easier to work with the bees, and I can look out my kitchen and front room window to peek in on them too...  Yay!

[Michael Bush]

I'm jealous.  I'm always having to figure out how to level them...

http://www.bushfarms.com/images/Stand1.jpg

[DayValleyDahlias]

Ah Michael...looks pretty level to me...lucky duck!

[DennisB]

Great job Sharon. Since the bees will be happier I am sure they will up the rent a bit this year for you! BTW it looks more like a 2 beer case job.

DennisB

[Barbara]

Ohhhhhh . . . it is so lovely.  I'll post pictures as soon as mine is finished.  We have a lot of work to do before our bees arrive in two weeks, but it has been raining a lot.  It's good for the new lawn and the clover I planted, but doesn't help getting out there preparing the bee yard.

[Carriage House Farm]

Fantastic looking!

[johnnybigfish]

Oh boy, Sharon!!
That IS really NICE!! :)
That looks like "Bee Heaven!"
It also reminds me of a "Monument" to bee keeping!
Kind of like the Washinton Monument!
All it needs is a bronze plaque commemorating the site!
The rest of your yard looks really nice too. Tell your husband That i think he did a GREAT job on this bee yard!

your friend,
john

[JP]

nice set up Sharon!!!


...JP

[DayValleyDahlias]

OOOOhhh thank y'all...I get started on that bronze plaque   :lol:

[johnnybigfish]

I have a bronze historical plaque next to my front door...It says,"On This Site in 1891 Nothing Happened".
Cool, huh?

your friend,
john