That is good to know! I have 2 black dogs, one chocolate, and one white.
What did folks at the bee meeting say?
It was a rather large and full meeting and my first time attending. Finding my way around. The June meeting will be next Monday and I will ask some of the old hands some questions. Surprising many of the attendees and presenters were young folks with expressed considerable knowledge.
My Fatherâs hives are in the back yard. Itâs a good sized suburban yard, but the hives are within 10â of the vegetable beds and 20â of the back patio.
We have up to 6 dogs that run loose in the yard. All but one knows to leave the bees alone. One, a rangy Irish Setter, just will NOT quit snapping at them. But even he knows to stay away from the hives. He gets the occasional sting in his mouth. A little benedryl and he is fine.
We have never had an issue with the bees attacking. Except for one ill fated night time venture to move a hive⌠But they chased the guys, not the dogs. Which was appropriate enough. After all, the DOGS didnât DROP the hive!
Man⌠POâd bees!!!
Of course, that we have never had a problem doesnât guarantee that others wonât. But I would speculate that the sad story of the dead dogs was a very very rare event. I certainly know many beeks with dogs that are around bees all the time with no problem.
You do want to make sure the hive is stable and canât be knocked over. That could lead to problems (see above with the dropped hive ; -)
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I also will have the bees in the backyard with the dogs having free access to the yard. I will setup a small fence around the hive to start with to keep curious noses out of places.
My dogs do have access to the house via a dog door with a flap so if the bees should sting the dog would hopefully flee inside to safety. Iâm also going to look for very friendly bees for my and my dogs sake 
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Sort of. The worst distance is between a half mile and a mile and a half. A hundred yards isnât a problem. But they really have to work to find the new hive a mile and a half away after they flew back to the old location. At a hundred yards they will just spiral out until they find it and that wonât take long. At a mile and a half they will spiral out until they find a colony and join that colony.
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Weâve got two poodles, one kind of white and the other is red, but is really more tan or buff than actual red. At anyrate they have whats known as Teddy Bear cuts and that little red girl loves her honey. I canât open a jar anywhere without her coming for a lick. I recently had left a bunch of frames out to be cleaned off and danged if that dumb dog didnât go for the smell of honey. I did get to her before the bees did, but I think another minute and sheâs got it good from the bees. She does look like a waddly little bear. 
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I am a newbee keeper too. My dog is big and black. My dog once went up to the hive face right in the entrance with bees flying all around her head. But no stings. I have my hive in my vegie garden and it is fenced off, so she can only be near them when we are in there.
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I just got notice that my flow hive was shipped today! Yay! That will give me plenty of time to check it out and get it set up. I wonât put bees in the hive until March/April when it starts to warm up! I have decided that having the hive by my dog kennel is to risky. I have found a better spot that is on the other side of our property. I spent some time clearing and leveling the area. And now I will not have to be worried about my dogs being attacked in their kennel. Getting the bees will be an interesting experience and a new relationship for my dogs to have to get used to!