I have updated a couple of tables, a picture and a typo.
Archive for February, 2014
Module 8 Study Notes Updated
February 19, 2014Evidence that a colony is alive
February 18, 2014There are at least 4 ways of telling if a colony is alive without opening up the hive:
1. Evidence of cleansing flights on cars or washing
2. Wax crumbs under the hive (need open mesh floor)
3. Dead bees in front of entrance, bees doing housekeeping and throwing out the dead
4. Bees flying
These photos were all shot today in the apiary with a temperature of 8°C.
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- wax cappings under hive
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- dead bees in front of hive
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- evidence of cleansing flight
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- winter bee returning to hive
Bees out on the flowers
February 16, 2014Such a beautiful Spring day my bees were out foraging on flowers in the garden.
The aconites open up when in full sun and the bed of flowers fills with bees, similarly with the crocus and hellebore.
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- bees on aconites
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- bees on crocus
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- bees on hellbore
