The Need for Hive Nicknames

Because of the need to differentiate between the donor hive that I have had for a year and the new hive made from a split, we've given them the names of two Russian hockey players. (Russian cause that is the type of bees that they are and the player selection is from the Washington Capitals, my home team.)


(Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

The split hive is the left-hand hive of the two, as is Alexander Semin in this photo, and so is nicknamed Sasha.

Of course, that means the donor hive on the right-hand side is Alex Ovechkin, nicknamed OV.

 If life were like hockey, bees would need really little pads, skates and sticks. :-)