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All About The Bee's

 The bee's have arrived.  Yes, you heard me correctly.  Last year, Jason decided he wanted to raise honeybee's.  At first I was a bit skeptical but after thinking about it I realized it was a great idea.   Honeybee's were becoming a bit extinct so I thought it was good to do our part to help them out, as they are so important to the environment.
 The boys really seem to enjoy them and have learned to just ignore them so they will ignore us back.

 Of course, out of all the boys, it's Wyatt that needs to get the closest and cause the most trouble!
 But he seems to understand and walks around the backyard calling out "bee" whenever he sees one.

 My beekeeper honey!
 Getting ready to put them in their new home.
 Looking for the queen bee (other than myself, of course!).
 There she is!

 The first group went in without a hitch.

 The second set were not as friendly.  We think that Jason didn't spray enough sugar water on them to calm them down.  And then he irritated them somehow.  So he got bit twice on the head and then they attacked me down in the middle of the back yard.
But they boys were sparred.
 Having fun with the beekeeper suit.
 "No, no one will get stung," Jason says as they sting me.  Ouch!
 To help out our new honey makers (and yes, you'll all be getting jars of honey for Christmas, and birthday's and anniversaries) we added some more flowers to the yard.  This is our veggie garden, that we actually started on time this year.  To the strawberries that come back every year we added tomato plants and banana peppers.  I have green peppers that still need to be planted as well as some lettuce that I will grow in a pot on the deck.
 Then to the corner of the back deck I added two Columbines and a Bleeding Heart.

 These petunia's need a bit more sunlight than it gets here so I'm going to plant them in a planter for the front porch.
 In the front we added a few more plants both hanging and potted.
 And some Gerber Daisy's that are yellow and orange.  I think I need a few more here though, they seem to get lost.
Last year I had lavender planted here but they all died so we'll see how this plant that Jack picked out grows.  I need a few more things in here too.  I actually got a lot more that I want to add but with the brace on my wrist for the next week or so is making it difficult to do anything right now.
Of course, Wyatt had to get in on the action and put on daddy's outfit.
Our little ham!

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