For Our Beekeepers - Page 13

fargon · 04-29-2020, 05:31 PM

No Bees yet.

Griff · 04-30-2020, 11:51 AM

Let's be careful out there.

We saw these guys at The Haunt for Lil Griffs 21 BDay. Twas Cool

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2020, 12:46 AM

Wild Honeybees... independent, not beholden to the man, living free the way of the ancients.

BigV · 05-02-2020, 03:52 PM

Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America

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With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young. For larger targets, the hornet’s potent venom and stinger — long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit — make for an excruciating combination that victims have likened to hot metal driving into their skin.

In Japan, the hornets kill up to 50 people a year. Now, for the first time, they have arrived in the United States.

We're gonna need a bigger boat....

Griff · 05-02-2020, 05:37 PM

I did a hive inspection today. Lots of brood, wax being drawn, and honey being collected. They were super calm, very industrious, and no aggression at all.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2020, 12:41 AM

When the combs are vertical how to they fill them with honey and seal it before the honey leaks out?

Griff · 05-03-2020, 08:42 AM

That's a good question... surface tension?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2020, 01:05 PM

The row of cells in the left picture looks like they were filled and sealed on a slant.
Maybe when they spit the honey out it isn't liquid yet, more like the center in a chocolate covered cherry, then
after it's sealed up the chemistry makes it liquid.
The right hand picture shows cells not full but apparently not leaking... of course they wouldn't in this position.

I'm curious about the one that's sealed with a little hole in the middle.
Maybe like a water fountain or snack bar to give the girls energy

Griff · 05-03-2020, 05:10 PM

You're looking at a brood frame, a mix of open larvae and capped larvae. I didn't photograph any of the capped honey frames. The frame they're drawing wax on will be a honey frame.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2020, 10:47 PM

OK, those two frames are brood frames, then they seal the eggs in the cells until they grow up?

Griff · 05-04-2020, 05:54 AM

You got it.

monster · 05-04-2020, 09:54 PM

My beekeeping friend posted this after checking her hives the other day

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Griff · 05-05-2020, 06:12 AM

Lil' Pete did a whole honeycomb series of design projects in college, bees be fascinating.

BigV · 05-05-2020, 10:53 AM

Honeyland

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2020, 11:36 PM

The viscosity of honey causes coiling...

04-29-2020, 05:31 PM	#181
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	No Bees yet. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

04-30-2020, 11:51 AM	#182
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Let's be careful out there. We saw these guys at The Haunt for Lil Griffs 21 BDay. Twas Cool __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-01-2020, 12:46 AM	#183
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wild Honeybees... independent, not beholden to the man, living free the way of the ancients. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-02-2020, 05:37 PM	#185
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I did a hive inspection today. Lots of brood, wax being drawn, and honey being collected. They were super calm, very industrious, and no aggression at all. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-03-2020, 12:41 AM	#186
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When the combs are vertical how to they fill them with honey and seal it before the honey leaks out? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-03-2020, 08:42 AM	#187
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's a good question... surface tension? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-03-2020, 01:05 PM	#188
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The row of cells in the left picture looks like they were filled and sealed on a slant. Maybe when they spit the honey out it isn't liquid yet, more like the center in a chocolate covered cherry, then after it's sealed up the chemistry makes it liquid. The right hand picture shows cells not full but apparently not leaking... of course they wouldn't in this position. I'm curious about the one that's sealed with a little hole in the middle. Maybe like a water fountain or snack bar to give the girls energy Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-03-2020, 05:10 PM	#189
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You're looking at a brood frame, a mix of open larvae and capped larvae. I didn't photograph any of the capped honey frames. The frame they're drawing wax on will be a honey frame. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-03-2020, 10:47 PM	#190
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, those two frames are brood frames, then they seal the eggs in the cells until they grow up? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-04-2020, 05:54 AM	#191
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You got it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-04-2020, 09:54 PM	#192
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My beekeeping friend posted this after checking her hives the other day __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-05-2020, 06:12 AM	#193
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Lil' Pete did a whole honeycomb series of design projects in college, bees be fascinating. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-05-2020, 10:53 AM	#194
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Honeyland __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-05-2020, 11:36 PM	#195
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The viscosity of honey causes coiling... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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