Red Maples and Ordering New Hardware for the Hives

The Red Maples (Acer Rubrum) are blooming.  As I understand it, honey bees love red maple blooms.  This photo was taken today in my front yard.  Alas, none of the ladies are on the blooms; however, they are out-and-about flying today.

We are adding 4 new bee hives this Spring, so we ordered new hive bodies today from Mann Lake.  This is our first order with them, so I hope all goes well.  They offer free shipping (over $100) and that's a good thing!

Last season, we ordered these bottom boards from GreenBeeHives.com and we have been quite pleased.  

We ordered 2 more of them today.  

This first day of March is bringing a lot of inspiration!