Silly Bee. . .That's Me!

Hello my friends,

sometimes I have to laugh at what a silly bee I am!

 

Yup, every now and then I get a silly idea in my head and it just won't stop buzzing around until I do something about it.  :)

 



 

A couple years ago I went on a garden tour with some of my friends.  As we were driving to find one of the homes we passed a field with a bunch of bee boxes.

 

I snapped this photo.

 

 

I couldn't get the image of those chippy boxes out of my head.  I had a bee box crush, that's for sure!!

 

Not wanting to have to take on the large task of caring for bees I pushed it out of my mind.

 

Recently, bee box images just kept popping back into my head.

I decided I had to have some in my garden, even if they were just for fun!

 



When I told my youngest daughter, she said, "mom, you're going to have fake bee boxes in your garden?"

 

That got me thinking that maybe I would need to do something with them. 

 

 

Well, I got my bee boxes and I did just that!

 

I went on line and could not find any for sale that looked old and chippy.  Never fear!  I did the next best thing and I went to good old face book.  All it took was putting an ISO (in search of) on Vintage Yard Sale Utah and I got a couple of replies.

 

 

I was hoping for a more colorful stack, but I'm loving it just the same.  I debated about painting a few, but decided to leave as is.  I bought the pale pink and white one from one gal and the other three cream ones from another lady.

 

Hubby added a couple wooden bars about 2/3rds of the way down on the inside of the top box.  He then cut a piece of plyboard to slide down onto them.  He drilled drainage holes and I filled it with potting soil.  Then came the fun part.  I placed a thrift find metal beehive on top and surrounded it with succulents.  I even had a couple left to plant inside the hive.

 

No sooner did I get it planted than the bees started buzzin.  (wink)

 

It's tucked up on the hill by the side of our garden.  I finished it just before dusk.  I think the sun was telling me he liked it!

 

 

This is  a wider view.  It sits at the back of our firepit.  I love that I can see it from almost anywhere in the garden.

This view shows you where they are in relation to hilltop cottage.

As you can see, all of the flowers have been cut back in front.  In just a few weeks there will be new growth and I'll get

 a second bloom.

 

I'll leave you with a couple of other images of gorgeous bee boxes.

 

 

 Now this certainly couldn't help but brighten your day.

 



 

 

What do you think, are you thinking maybe you want some bee boxes of your own?  :)

 

BEE Happy,



I will be sharing with these fun parties:

June Garden Party