Back in March around the start of the Save the Bees Challenge, I had encountered a honey bee hive in a greenspace near an office building - Bees at Work in Oregon.
Today, while I was out walking the older granddog, we walked by that same beehive. It must be thriving because they have added two supers above the brood box. About a month ago it had only one super.
We had a very wet early spring and a very hot late spring, so berries are going to be late this year. The blackberry bushes in the greenspace have gone crazy. I can no longer see the large pond because of all the growth. Can't wait till the berries are ripe...
There were other bees around in addition to the honey bees, but the granddog didn't have the patience to let me check them out.
Not quite sure what kind of bee this is, probably a bumble bee if I had been able to get a better look:
Anyway, great to see the bees and blackberries doing well. I wonder what they will do with the honey.
