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Beekeeping – Urban Bees first flight of the year

check out www.urbanbees.co.uk There has been an unspoken anticipation of the day that the bees will come out of their winter home to get a breath of fresh air, check out the food supplies and relieve themselves. Today that day came for our bees. Jan 19th 08 saw the temperature peak above 15 degrees C which is warm enough for our bees to break cluster and take the first flight of the new year. As Alison was busy making our late Saturday breakfast her attention was drawn to a robin perched on …

CCD,3of4,Keith Delaplane,UGA,Beekeeping,Bees Colony collapse disorder,Israeli accute paralysis virus

Keith Delaplane,UGA,CCD part 3, Beekeeping colony collapse disorder in american honey bee colonies. Honey Bees decline and why it matters. Israeli accute paralysis virus.Beekeepers beehives honeybees vanish without a clue.DNA,RNA University Georgia college research on bee health.Copper bee hive box treatment concern.

Beekeeping,Beehive Bees entrance fanning,Goldenrod bee pollen loads

Beekeeping, Beekeepers closeup of entrance fanning by honey bees. WATCH the upside down bees, I’d never noticed that before. This is September so the orange goldenrod pollen is flowing in,very humid because of rains so the extra entrance fanning for nectar evaporation.The Bee pollen coming in on the honeybees legs is high in protein and will be fed to baby bees or mixed with honey to make royal jelly to raise a queen. I use Bee pollen traps on my beehives to trap the pollen for sales or to …

A Beekeeper’s Video

Here I offer you a compilation of my videos/photos of my hobby: beekeeping. You can see my blog to get the story to go allong with the photos at apiscomb.blogspot.com

Beekeeping – Swarm of bees

check out www.urbanbees.co.uk A swarm of bees had collected on a fence post. The best way to get them off was with a hoover!