Awesome update! Our neighbors (the elderly folks that live behind us) have allowed their adult son to keep a hive behind their shed. They appear to be honeybees; quite docile and pretty efficient at hitting every bloom in my yard. I kept our hummingbird feeders out for quite some time and the bees enjoyed the sugar water well into the fall.

I haven't had the opportunity to speak with the beekeeper; my neighbors have little to do with the hive. I saw something on Pinterest about using a shallow dish with marbles when you put water out for them, so the bees can easily drink. I'll hang out more hummingbird feeders in the spring, some in the backyard where it's closer to the hive, but do bees require a stronger sugar-water mix than hummingbirds?