From the Apiary

Photo Gallery

A rotating selection of photos from my Idaho apiary — hives, wildflowers, and the little moments that make beekeeping worth the hours.

Idaho summer meadow at golden hour with wooden horizontal beehives and wildflowers blooming
Wide view of an Idaho apiary with multiple wooden beehives in a grass clearing
Two wooden horizontal Layens beehives in a wildflower meadow
Wooden horizontal Layens beehive in an Idaho apiary
Fuzzy bumblebee on a purple flower covered in pollen
Yellow dandelion flowers with a honeybee gathering pollen
Yellow rabbitbrush flowers in late summer with a honeybee
Wooden mason bee house mounted on a garden fence with mason bees approaching the tubes
Wooden beehive dusted with snow and wool-insulated quilting box on top during Idaho winter
Beekeeper inspecting a wooden frame covered with honeybees
Yellow mustard field in bloom with a honeybee on a flower
Close-up of clover flowers with a honeybee collecting pollen
Pink fireweed flowers in bloom with a honeybee
Yellow balsamroot flowers with a honeybee in an Idaho sagebrush meadow
Purple alfalfa flowers with a honeybee
Diverse pollinator meadow with bumblebee, mason bee house, and monarch butterfly
Gloved hands holding a Layens frame of honeybees
Idaho mountain meadow with beehives and Sawtooth mountains in the distance

Want to share your own apiary photos? Send them my way and I'll feature readers' hives over time.