Tag: bees?

angeldrake3:

speciesofleastconcern:

esiderius:

A funny thing about introducing a new queen into a hive that has lost its queen (or one that you’ve killed because her brood was too fighty). 

You have to introduce the new queen into the hive with these special queen cages that are stopped up with candy, and are open enough to let the hive smell the new queen, but not open enough that they can get in there and kill her.

Because they will kill her. 

When you first put the new queen in she smells like an intruder, but by the time it takes the bees to eat through the candy and free the queen, the queen’s pheromones will have had time to work and the hive will have gotten used to her.

From the outside this kinda seems like: 

“Yeh, we were all going to murder you to death before, but we’re full of candy now, so we’re cool. Oh yeh, and how about you be the new queen and stuff. Yeh, that’s cool too.” 

beekeeping is really weird

Listen, strange bee queens lyin’ in cages distributin’ candy is no basis for a system of government.

Source: esiderius

mikepents:

weavemama:

weavemama:

BEES ARE THE ULTIMATE QUEENS OF THE COMBACK 🐝🐝🐝🐝

Source to article. 

The Department 

of Agriculture honeybee health survey released a report (August 2nd 2017) that proves honeybee colonies rose 3% compared to last year. Also the amount of bees that disappeared or died has gone down 27%. Bees, you’re doing amazing sweetie 

YESSS. Thank god. 🙌

Source: weavemama

jumpingjacktrash:

demizouie:

Hey so it’s almost springtime, which is swarming season for our bee friends!

Swarming is totally normal for a colony of bees so if you see something like this, don’t spray pesticides or harm the bees! It’s not dangerous at all and they happen to very calm like this because they are not protecting a hive or a queen. If they are swarming near your house and need to be removed, call a beekeeper and let a professional take care of them.

Even if you’re scared or allergic to bees (like me), there’s no reason to harm these creatures when they’re naturally preparing for spring.
Make sure you spread this information around to protect the bees!

when they swarm, they’re looking for a new home. if you see them just hanging out on a branch or your house like this, be cool, they are basically just camping out and will move on soon.

if they do find a new home and it’s your mailbox or something, like the OP says, call a beekeeper to remove them. but when they’re just sitting out in the open like that? camping. give it a day or two. they’ll leave. and yeah, they’re very gentle at this time cuz they have nothing to protect. i’ve seen people just scoop up handfuls of bees when they were swarming and the bees were just “ok i guess we’re doing this now” – not a single sting! not that i advise you to try it if you’re allergic. but i’m not so i probably would. imagine their little tickly feet. ❤

anyway, bees are friends. swarming bees are traveling friends. everything is ok.

Source: demizouie