Note: Eric and I have been hiking in Ken Caryl Valley for about a year. Between us, we have thousands of pictures of nature from nearly every week of the past year. Might as well catalogue those pictures, to share and identify what we’ve seen and discovered over the past year. These are not in any particular order. I just like to have a picture and description of every animal and plant we’ve come across.

Taken 3-23-2026

A Giant Hive of Honeybees

Nestled in the 290-million-year old red rocks of the Fountain Formation in Ken Caryl Valley, is a giant hive of Honeybees that has been there for several years. While honeybees thrive in Colorado, they are not native to the state. Honeybees are native to Europe, and were brought over to the United States by settlers starting way back in the 1600s. 

However, they're still extremely important pollinators, and we must do everything we can to prevent their dwindling populations from collapsing any more.