Sunday, June 29, 2008

The bees and the birds

The second annual National Pollinator Week was celebrated June 22-28.
So I learned from Michelle in her very informative post at Rambling Woods. Thanks, Michelle, and thanks to all the bees, birds, insects, and bats who do such important pollination work.
These bee boxes sit among the olives and other trees native to the Mediterranean Woodland type of forest.
The beekeeper said it was a record harvest of honey this year. Sweet!
When he is tending his bees I am not allowed to walk my regular path in the woods.

From here in the Jerusalem Hills we see Jerusalem over on the hilltop.

Every weekend you can enjoy other bloggers' animal pictures at the Camera-Critters meme.

21 comments:

  1. Hmmm... I think I can't go near a beehive... I am afraid to get sting!

    My camera critters picture is posted HERE.

    Hope you could drop by. Thanks!

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  2. wow! i like the view of jerusalem from there.

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  3. i never too close with lots of bees like that ;)

    Visit me in here

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  4. This is really nice! I just love honey. Thank God for the bees.

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  5. Nice post. Especially nice seeing the Hills again! Toda!
    Cheers, Klaus

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  6. That is really interesting. I wouldn't expect the hives to be kept in the woods but it does make sense now that I think about it. I am a coward, always afraid of being stung so I would probably avoid that area as much as possible.

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  7. Some gorgeous scenery in this series...nothing beats fresh honey!

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  8. I'm very allergic to those critters, to you won't find anything like that near me. :)

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  9. Thank you for posting about bees and how lucky those bees are!!!! The poor bees are losing their way back to their hives and who hives are dying. They think it might be pesticides as one factor..We need bees to grow our food...

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  10. Dina: That is a way to capture a whole family of creayures at once. Very nice CC post.

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  11. Ohhh... bees!! i'm very afraid of them.. used to get stung a lot as a kid.. but i find them fascinating and i love honey!

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  12. Informative post and great pictures. Thank you.

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  13. I understand all about how helpful and beneficial the bees are, because we had an apple orchard, and we just started another orchard here on the new farm.

    However, I must confess - I have a fear of bees, which is the result of stepping on a yellow jacket's nest as a child.

    This is a great post - as always! ;-)

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  14. interestng bee population ahs dropped 25 per cent nationwide - they do not know why?

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  15. Henry does a tremendous impersonation of a bee. It’s great to see these pictures, they tell an interesting tale.

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  16. My husband's uncle use to tend to bees.....there was Always fresh honey.....hughugs

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  17. I don't think I'd WANT to walk my regular path til the bees were finished their work and gone back to sleep! Ha! :)

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  18. It's nice to see that you are not having problems with the lack of bees that the U.S. is having. They're having trouble getting crops pollinated because of the dwindling bee population.

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  19. Oh I love the bees. I've always wanted to be a bee keeper.

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  20. oh, how I like looking at bees and hives, found your blog via PasadenaAdjacent, and love the pics of Jerusalem, would love to visit one day... we have 3 hives

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