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it's a bloody lupin; they grow Everywhere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus

You're in good company - there are plenty of beeks in the Metro, (and I would assume also in Vacouver) and plenty of resources to draw on.

Carni or carni-mix; she is a beuty though

There's no excuse for boring hives; mine's in my backyard so I painted it a color I liked to look at. The girls certainly don't care.

Yeah, no going commando your first year.

But otherwise, in the immortal words of Douglas Adams...

DON'T PANIC

very nice.

The 2y/o will get zapped once by the fence and then he'll learn (just like I did - got nailed once). As for her... get a hive with an observation window (also what I did) so everyone can indulge...

Ok, I've gotta chime it too:

I have a top-bar in my backyard. The fences provide good wind shelter, I don't worry about the local wildlife - but if I had bears I would just use electric fences,...

If the host hive is strong enough to swarm it's very likely you'll catch one from them. Have your bait hive in place and not too close to the barn;
be cooler to do a cut out though and get the...

Wow. Those girls have no excuse for drifting.

I snagged that one from the library; I don't know if I'd call it a beginner's book, but it was an excellent read.

My favorite starting book Ever: Beekeeping for Dummies.

It's not impossible, just unlikely. The first year they will be building out and setting honey for winter - the surplus honey that keepers harvest is available when the hive isn't working to build...

Malaria is actually caused by a parasite that is spread by mosquitoes - the interesting thing is that you're only symptomatic when the parasite larva are migrating through your blood from one organ...

Commercial hothouse tomatoes are polinated by bumbles usually.

Sure, but you need to put it in the hive or else you'll have a mess of robbing.

AMM?
But I do get some super dark carnies, too.

I have a golden mean (Backyard Beehives) and I love it for three reasons: 1. observation windows are awesome; 2. only needing to lift out a few bars at a time is less stressful for both the bees and...

Where are you that you have so many acres?! I want! Although I probably wouldn't move from Portland Metro for it. But still... all the exploring I could do...

I'm feeding right now actually; my hive threw about three swarms and left me with such a small workforce (and then I had really a suboptimal queen) so I just re-queened and they've been guzzling the...

Wow, talk about deja vu; I grew up in CA (Redding), I live in Tigard now, my parents just built a house in Estacada although they'd been over on the far side of Boring before that... and I have my...

Mine is a gray-violet color; the bees couldn't care less, and I just wanted a really good outdoor stain in a color I liked. (Gray and purple are my favorite colors).

I use it; they like it. (I like it too, even if it is a bit sticky).

Eh, you made the best of a less then ideal situation. I'd expect that if they were going to ball her they'd have done so as soon as they noticed her.

Howabout that? pretty cool. I don't ever remember seeing bees when I was in Iraq, (saw plenty of other critters! lol) but never bees, so this certainly can't be a bad thing.