Thursday, April 23, 2015

Busy Bees

Beekeeping from the beginning.

Beekeeping from the beginning.

Beekeeping from the beginning.

Beekeeping from the beginning.
Things have been busy here at the GB studio.
I'm working on a few different illustration projects and that's always exciting,
 but I look forward to simply painting for me - which seems like a luxury these days!
I took a beekeeping class this winter which is something I've always wanted to do.
I helped my neighbors install packages of honeybees into their hives last week.
So far so good. We checked the hives on Sunday and the queens are alive and well!
That's me with our mentor who is firing up the smoker.
We really didn't need it. The bees are so calm and docile.
I'll look forward to helping my neighbors this spring and summer.
Hopefully I will have beehives of my own one day!