This is the Alvin apiary behind my house.This row of bees are all new colonies from removals done over this winter, yes I did removals all through the cold season, only working on warm days over 55.  The lymbar bees are right in the middle of this row. Some of this winters removals are already working at Gundermann farms, the next bee  move is to Nawara farm in Rosenburg. These colonies look out on a creek that runs every weekday with water pumped from a sandpit nearby. It flows into Mustang Bayou just across the street from my place. I have planted lots of wildflowers, alfalfa and vetch along the creek (well o.k. you could call it a ditch, I like creek). I have a small garden going too and I notice that the bees check these new  plants as they grow, I think they encourage them in their visits. A crabapple tree is just begining to bloom in my front yard, they love to visit its blossoms.