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.JPG

http://boxborough.digistar.us/~jsb/bee/DSC00019.JPG



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