On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Peter Edwards wrote:
> Question: why is it that so many hives (certainly in Europe) are painted
> pale blue? Is there a reason for painting them this colour - other than
> a surplus of pale blue paint?
Interesting.
I painted one of my hives white, the other pale blue as well. I lived in
Southwest Missouri until 2000 when I moved to the Boston area.
The colors are a little washed out but you can see one of them here:
http://boxborough.digistar.us/~jsb/bee/DSC00003.JPGhttp://boxborough.digistar.us/~jsb/bee/DSC00019.JPG
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