From your editor ... Beehives of Slovenia

Hi All! This is your current Bee Blog "administrator," Wendy. I just had to pop in with a post about some of the prettiest beehives on the planet - and they're in Slovenia! Perhaps all of you knew this already, but it was new to me when I saw it on a DVD of one of Rick Steves' old travel shows.

Slovenia considers itself an ancient source of the Carolinian bee (Apis mellifera carnica), its native bee, and has given it official state protection. Bee tourism is a growing industry in the area.

Of course, the good people of Slovenia have been keeping bees much longer than we have, and perhaps they've gotten so good at it that they have time to spare ... to paint their hives!

Visit this website for more on beekeeping in Slovenia.