Backyard Apiary

The bees got a flavorful treat this evening. Alissa was canning blueberries and some of them leaked. The water turned dark blue. Instead of dumping the water down the drain, I used it to make a batch of syrup for the bees. They seemed to like it better than regular syrup and more of the ladies turned out for the feeding. I also refilled the quart jar on the NUC on a Top Bar Hive with some of this blue water. I’m hoping they draw out some blue-ish comb. If they draw out any blue tinted wax, then I’m going to start experimenting more with different natural colorings. I think the ladies of that hive either don’t like blue or were not too pleased with my attempts to put the jar on the screen that they were obstructing. They send a representative bee to state their objections above my left knee. No noticeable swelling yet.