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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Painting my new empty bee hives today.

[Pax]

Painting my new empty bee hives today.

Cool, are they always painted white?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Cool, are they always painted white?

No, they can be painted just about any color....except I do know that bees don't like black or royal blue.
Hives are often painted white because A)If they are sold pre-painted, white is a 'safe', cheap, generic choice....and B) many large commercial apiaries keep their hives out in the fields in full sun and white helps the bees cool their hive in the South in the summer, where they are often placed during the pollinating season of crops.
My hives will be in dappled sun in the northeast here, so they can really be any colors and don't need to be white at all. I actually picked out 3 pretty colors to mix-n-match in the two stacks of hive boxes.

[Pax]

...I actually picked out 3 pretty colors to mix-n-match in the two stacks of hive boxes.

Please post some pictures when you're done, I'd love to see your bees new home!

[TsPoet]

No, they can be painted just about any color....except I do know that bees don't like black or royal blue.

My hives will be in dappled sun in the northeast here, so they can really be any colors and don't need to be white at all. I actually picked out 3 pretty colors to mix-n-match in the two stacks of hive boxes.

That is so neat. I wonder if the black/blue thing is because it's dark, rather than the color. I may have to do some curious googling.
I'd love to see pictures.

[Zen]

Paint them with black and yellow horizontal stripes. They like that

[Pax]

Paint them with black and yellow horizontal stripes. They like that

[crazycanuck]

AGGHGHGHG...FFHRORFGHGHGHGHGH..

A cycling friend of ours was hit by a car last night & is in hospital-he'll recover but still annoying.

Road riding is becoming less & less appealing YAY for mtn biking!!!