The white honey comb you see is burr comb and was removed before it could become a nuisance in maneuvering the frames. |
Just examining the frame. |
All suited up, looking for the queen. |
I'm 16 living in the United States... and I'm raising bees. I wanted to create this blog to record and share my adventure as well as get and give advice. I'm going onto my second year of raising honey bees and it's going really well. I first got the idea after reading, The Hobbit. I read the scene where they come upon Beorn's flower fields for his bees, and immediately fell in love. Now more than ever we need to support these magnificent creatures. I'm glad to be doing my small part.
The little hitch hiker must have been tired Hayley.
ReplyDeleteOMG-I was reading up on Bumbles and Honeys and info is amazing.
Bumbles will often take over an abandoned mouse nest, and coincidentally I found a nest last week in new shed with a mouse scurrying from it. It is a work of art, put together with bits and pieces of coverings I put on items stored there. Hopefully will be abandoned soon. I only realized last fall the mice make a round nest when discovering one in Christmas wreaths stored in shed as I took wreaths out.(Now in plastic wreath holders)
As for the honey bees-the drone mates on the wing and dies immediately afterwards-Wassup with that?:)
Love Nana
It's true. Their sex organs get caught in the queen and are pulled out along with all their internal organs.
ReplyDeleteOuch, ouch, ouch.
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