This past weekend I mowed the grass around the beehives. It was a perfectly dry summer day and many of the field bees were out doing their thing. It was the light frangrance of honey on the breeze that signaled the production process. In fact, the whole yard smells like honey and beeswax. These are the days when the bees are busily fanning the hive and evaporating the water prior to ripening the honey, and the smells are intoxicating. Ahhh Summer!!!

On a recent tour through a neighbors garden I spotted several honeybees polinating too and fro. Imagine my delight to think that these are my gals so far from the hive and seeking out mid-summer sources for our little joint endeavor. It is quite fulfilling to watch a bee gather pollen and fill up the pollen bags in her legs prior to making the long trip back to Postfield. How dedicated these creatures are.