Here I am on a lovely vacation with family at Disneyland.  Linda and I are vacationing with my son James, his sweet wife Beth, and their lovely children, Britton, Lucy, and John.  Disneyland is so much more fun with grandchildren.  I am extremely grateful to my righthand man, Quentin. Without him minding the Beez Neez in my absence, I couldn't take a vacation like this.

   I actually saw live honeybees at Disney's California Adventure a few days ago.  We were waiting for grandchildren near the Monster's, Inc. activity when I noticed honeybees collecting nectar from some heather in the landscaping.  I couldn't help but wonder where these bees came from to find these heather plants in downtown Anaheim.  I suppose its possible that Disneyland has their own beehives to pollinate their landscape plants but I don't think that is very likely.  Maybe somebody living in a nearby condo or apartment has a beehive on their balcony. Possibly the bees are from a wild colony in some building or hollow tree. It is an intriguing mystery that will remain unsolved for the present.

   Yesterday we drove down to San Diego to visit my niece, Alicia.  Once again I found honeybees all around.  There were honeybees on the trumpet vine in Alicia's backyard.  Then we took the children to Balboa Park and found more honeybees.  The park has a lot of wonderful old trees that are just starting to come into bloom. I think they are Acacia trees. The blossoms were covered by bees, diligently looking for the few blossoms that were open. I have to admit that I was a little jealous.  Here they have a significant nectar flow just starting with 75 degree weather. Meanwhile, back in Snohomish, we are feeding our bees trying to get them ready for winter.