Two major sources of late season pollen are goldenrod and aster. Both hives are very active today. I watched the Russians for a few minutes and noticed that foragers are flying in with baskets of pale yellow pollen. I hope that they are able to collect lots of pollen and nectar this fall to build up more honey stores for the winter.I had a weird dream last night that someone stole my hives from my backyard. Not sure what that means.
The neighbors behind me cut down their trees along our shared fence. It was a shock when I returned from California to find that I no longer had a shaded backyard. I was very depressed until I discovered that the bees are exposed to sun much earlier in the morning and get an earlier start to the fields.
I would assume the neighbors behind me now know about my bees, because the tree cutters would have had to have been in my backyard to cut down limbs. They trampled my butterfly bush. I recently put two and two together and realized that one of the women attend my yoga class! So far, no one has said anything. With all of the news media about honeybees, I would hope people are more accepting of sharing space with bees.
