Some Different Photo Perspectives from Blueblood's Yard

[blueblood]

Took some photos this afternoon when I applied more honey supers.  Just wanted to share a few.

[Newbee]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
How did you get those up-shots? Place the camera and set the timer?

- K

[Jen]

Blue- You have such a happy api-yard    partial to the third pic with the stormy skies, that one should be entered in the county fair 

[blueblood]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
How did you get those up-shots? Place the camera and set the timer?

- K

Thanks, I laid on the ground, on my back, beneath the hive.

[tbonekel]

I wish my hives were stacked that high!

[efmesch]

With that lovely variety of colors, I'll bet your bees never get mixed up and go into the wrong hive.
All of your equipment looks so new and well cared for.  Keep 'em that way.

[rrog13]

great photos....really like the ones looking up.

[brooksbeefarm]

Those hives don't look very high off the ground, are you really that thin. Jack

[Perry]

Wowzers!
Are you stacking them tnat high in anticipation of a major flow, or are you already collecting that much nectar?
Pic #3, your boxes are stacked a little off kilter, better straighten them up.
Nice tidy yard alright, setting the bar high buddy.

[blueblood]

Hi Perry! The black locust blooms are about to burst open and clover is on the horizon.  I am hoping to accomplish a few things with the extra supers.  Catching the flow, creating a sense of more room (doubt the bees care though) since my hives are strong this year, an early cleaning up of the honey frames and my schedule has been hectic between work and swarms.  Just want to make sure they are on there.

I noticed the off kilter super too!  I do need to straighten the brood chambers up.  That first honey super, if I remember right, was a little larger.  It was one I made last year and probably messed the dimensions up a little, ha!

[Jen]

"That first honey super, if I remember right, was a little larger.  It was one I made last year and probably messed the dimensions up a little, ha!

      I have some of those off kilter hive boxes as well, bees don't seem to take notice 

[blueblood]

Here is a couple pics of those Black Locust trees in bloom I spoke about earlier.

[LazyBkpr]

Awesomeness!!
   Black locust is JUST starting to bloom here. Got to go stack on more supers this weekend.

[brooksbeefarm]

Black locust done hear? they came 10 days early this year. A sweet smell is in the air now, but don't know for sure what it is (Multi. floral rose maybe?) The dutch clover is coming on strong also. Jack