My center hive always has bees landing on me when I'm taking photos, which is only significant because it consistently was the one that I'd get stung by last year.
My center hive always has bees landing on me when I'm taking photos, which is only significant because it consistently was the one that I'd get stung by last year.
A warm sunny day and all 3 hives are active but I don't think there's much out here for them to forage on.
Some slow bees to enjoy at 25% speed.
I saw a bee with orange pollen so I investigated the flowers. I found a bee on the snowdrops but the pollen is yellow!
California’s almond crop threatened by ‘catastrophic’ #honeybee losses https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/bee-almond-tree-california-20164083.php #Ag #CAwx
"Vivid Honeybee" by James DeFazio
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It’s #Friday folks.
Wait…
It’s Friday folks!
We made it through another week without nuking the entire planet.
Yay us!
Have the best #weekend you can.
You know the drill:
Be #kind.
Be #gentle.
Be #true.
Be like #bees.
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 326.
Whereas the #bumblebee foraging strategy is to maximise the immediate return of sugar to the colony the #honeybee strategy seems to be to maximise energy efficiency instead.
Why the difference?
Lifestyle baby, lifestyle!
…packed ‘outer shell’ of bees surrounding a less tightly packed inner core and requires a lot of honey and body vibrating to maintain the heat required for survival - up to 100ºF in the centre. #Honeybee worker life expectancy increases greatly during the winter from…
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Western Honeybee on a yellow flower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. March 2024. #laarboretum #bee #bees #westernhoneybee #insect #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotography #honeybee #omds_om_photo #omsystem #om1 #mzuiko40150pro
Honeybees and Hoover Fly
Canon R10 Mirrorless - Canon EF 100-300MM "L" Lens - ISO:1000 - Aperture: f/11 - Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec
There was 23 lbs 9oz or 10.7 kg of honey in the 4 deep frames I extracted.
The birds planted some sunflowers which started blooming yesterday. Our honeybees are all over them.
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