On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Bob W Maccione wrote:
 
> 2: Color:  I'm leaning on a light shade of green to make the
> hive less obvious.  My SO wants to paint the hive light yellow
> but if we go with white or light green she then wants to paint
> something on the side (what I have _no_ idea).   Does anyone
> see problems in this area?
 
You could even use 'random' splashes or blocks of colours
and camoflage them. Even quite bright colours can work if the
outline of the box is disguised.
 
Regards,
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