Whitehouse Bees

Fun to see. Look at the government version of a beehive, apparently totally secured against any possible incident. http://www.tonitoni.org/photos26.html

Now look at a typical beehive by us "commoners" who don't have a trillion dollar budget

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickbusse/2586012050/

I was actually excited to find out that the beekeeper who got his bees in this beeyard has some colonies with queens from the same breeder I am using. Kind of a brotherhood. Fact is, those are sissy beehives. They are bolted to the ground on a concrete pad, strapped in. I guess we wouldn't want the little Obamas to get stung. For my yard, I have the hives on cinder blocks and the kids are told to stay away or they'll get stung. The bees take care of the discipline part.