Florida: Awesome Bees!
October 17, 2016 14 Comments
Bees in Birdhouse
Bringing the Birdhouse Down
Opening the Birdhouse to Reveal the Honeycomb
Brushing the Bees from the Comb
Close-up of Bees on Comb
Hexagonal Pattern of Honeycomb’s Wax Cells
Looking for the Queen
Queen Bee in Temporary Container
Bees in Temporary Transport Box
Bee Removal Operation
Hilltop Honey From Our Bees
Our wild bees didn’t fit in their birdhouses anymore, so today they were moved into temporary boxes before transport to a better home. An important part of the process was finding the queen and securing her in a small container in the temporary transport box so that the worker bees would follow her there. The beauty of the wax honeycomb was amazing! And that honey – so yummy (light and fragrant). Nature is awesome!
UPDATE AUGUST 2017: Our bees are doing well at their new managed home in Merritt Island, Florida. In fact, the first batch of “Hilltop Honey” was harvested and put into jars – it is delicious!
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loved this post.. thank you..
It was the most amazing thing to see – totally incredible!
This is all absolutely incredible to see, Pam! What beautiful and informative photos to accompany this post. I find it fascinating to see how the queen bee has to be secured in her little container.
Thank you! It was the most amazing thing to see. Quite exciting!
Fascinating!
It was amazingly cool.
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Whoa….that is a lot of bees! Amazing shots! I go crazy seeing one flying around me, lol. Your photos show, respect the bee and he will respect you! 🙂
Yes, we really appreciate bees. The more I learn about them, the more impressed I am. Like this for instance. Before the colony divides in half and swarms because it has grown too large for its space, the worker bees chase the current queen around so that she exercises and loses enough weight to fly to a new home. Meanwhile a new queen is hatched in the original home to continue that colony. Talk about drama. And that isn’t even to mention how interesting the bee dances are.
Wow, interesting! I always thought the queen bee was in charge at all times. It is truly amazing how nature evolves!
Exactly. What can be better than natural honey? That is why we call beloved woman “honey”.
I love that! What a nice thought. 🙂