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  1. A few minutes of beekeeping finished. I combined the hopefully former laying worker hive with the last swarm I caught. I shook most of the bees off, half of them being drones it looked like, and put all but one of the 5 frames with comb in the bottom box and left them the top box since it won't be long for them to need it anyway and it's going to be 99F / 37C this week, which might be actual temps where his hive is since it's above the inversion sometimes.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #beehive

  2. A few minutes of beekeeping finished. I combined the hopefully former laying worker hive with the last swarm I caught. I shook most of the bees off, half of them being drones it looked like, and put all but one of the 5 frames with comb in the bottom box and left them the top box since it won't be long for them to need it anyway and it's going to be 99F / 37C this week, which might be actual temps where his hive is since it's above the inversion sometimes.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #beehive

  3. A new concrete bee hive that is (we hope!) Honey badger, baboon and fire proof. It is surrounded by plants of the fynbos biome.
    The photo qualifies as a #SilentSunday image because the hive is new and the bees haven't found it yet. But equally it is 20 km from the nearest town or tar road and so the silence is totally natural.
    #bees #beehive
    #photography
    #fynbos
    #beebunker

  4. A new concrete bee hive that is (we hope!) Honey badger, baboon and fire proof. It is surrounded by plants of the fynbos biome.
    The photo qualifies as a #SilentSunday image because the hive is new and the bees haven't found it yet. But equally it is 20 km from the nearest town or tar road and so the silence is totally natural.
    #bees #beehive
    #photography
    #fynbos
    #beebunker

  5. These Finnish-designed ceiling lights were created by the famous architect Alvar Aalto in 1953 for the University of Jyvaskyla. This version of the A331 model, known as the 'Beehive', reflects the iconic modern lines of the era.
    #alvaraalto #beehive #a331 #designhistory

  6. These Finnish-designed ceiling lights were created by the famous architect Alvar Aalto in 1953 for the University of Jyvaskyla. This version of the A331 model, known as the 'Beehive', reflects the iconic modern lines of the era.
    #alvaraalto #beehive #a331 #designhistory

  7. The new hive with the caught swarm has pollen going in and the bait hive might be back to scout bees and no robbing.

    #beekeeping #bees #beehive #BaitHive #BeeSwarm #apiary #SwarmTrap #April21 #HoneyBees

  8. The new hive with the caught swarm has pollen going in and the bait hive might be back to scout bees and no robbing.

    #beekeeping #bees #beehive #BaitHive #BeeSwarm #apiary #SwarmTrap #April21 #HoneyBees

  9. The captured bees seem to be doing bee things as it warms up. I peaked in the top deep around 9 am and there were no bees up in there so I took it off and there was no drama. It looked like they were clustered up into 3-4 frames but it's just waxed foundation so I guess there's lots of room in that space.

    #beekeeping #bees #HoneyBees #swarm #beehive #apiary #April19

  10. The captured bees seem to be doing bee things as it warms up. I peaked in the top deep around 9 am and there were no bees up in there so I took it off and there was no drama. It looked like they were clustered up into 3-4 frames but it's just waxed foundation so I guess there's lots of room in that space.

    #beekeeping #bees #HoneyBees #swarm #beehive #apiary #April19

  11. The first scout bee observed at the bait hive. 15:53 local daylight time, 60F/15C, sunny, light breeze.

    It was the only bee from 13:30 - 16:30. Weather is turning warmer so maybe there will be more activity in the coming week.

    #beekeeping #SwarmSeason #HoneyBee #bees #BaitHive #SwarmTrap #beehive #April17

  12. The first scout bee observed at the bait hive. 15:53 local daylight time, 60F/15C, sunny, light breeze.

    It was the only bee from 13:30 - 16:30. Weather is turning warmer so maybe there will be more activity in the coming week.

    #beekeeping #SwarmSeason #HoneyBee #bees #BaitHive #SwarmTrap #beehive #April17

  13. The East hive. This would technically be the oldest hive since the OG queen moved here with a split, or maybe after I caught a queen wandering around after the split which I suspect was the old queen since I probably split them days before they would have swarmed or she couldn't fly good enough to swarm.. whatever, she was here and generally I'd say it's been the best hive but a bit swarmy. Lots of drones in this photo.

    5/5 🏁

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  14. The East hive. This would technically be the oldest hive since the OG queen moved here with a split, or maybe after I caught a queen wandering around after the split which I suspect was the old queen since I probably split them days before they would have swarmed or she couldn't fly good enough to swarm.. whatever, she was here and generally I'd say it's been the best hive but a bit swarmy. Lots of drones in this photo.

    5/5 🏁

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  15. The White hive. Not much to say about it, I think it swarmed twice or more last year so I suppose it doesn't really have much character.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  16. The White hive. Not much to say about it, I think it swarmed twice or more last year so I suppose it doesn't really have much character.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  17. The Center hive. This hive always has lots of bees, and swarmed once last year so maybe the slight meanness of some bees went with that queen. It was like 1 of 100 bees would just hit you and sting you, no warning, when checking them.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  18. The Center hive. This hive always has lots of bees, and swarmed once last year so maybe the slight meanness of some bees went with that queen. It was like 1 of 100 bees would just hit you and sting you, no warning, when checking them.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  19. The Green hive. This is the part of the split with the queen from the East hive. It's activity is picking up every day as more foragers take flight. They have a green 4 leaf clover and a water trough to help ID the hive and for other bees to see sooner it's not their hive. I noticed a lot of drift from other hives landing or almost landing before realizing it wasn't their hive.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  20. The Green hive. This is the part of the split with the queen from the East hive. It's activity is picking up every day as more foragers take flight. They have a green 4 leaf clover and a water trough to help ID the hive and for other bees to see sooner it's not their hive. I noticed a lot of drift from other hives landing or almost landing before realizing it wasn't their hive.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  21. The West hive. These bees seem to be smaller. They could just be young bees but I've seen the small ones bringing in pollen. They seem healthy and didn't have any issues over the winter. This was a swarm caught July 17 last year and combined here since this box had swarmed and I probably cleared out it's queen cell when checking things.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  22. The West hive. These bees seem to be smaller. They could just be young bees but I've seen the small ones bringing in pollen. They seem healthy and didn't have any issues over the winter. This was a swarm caught July 17 last year and combined here since this box had swarmed and I probably cleared out it's queen cell when checking things.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #HoneyBees #BeeHive #April12

  23. The East hive has lots of bees and some queen cells and also some brood that hasn't hatched yet. This is all in the bottom box of a 2 deep box hive.

    The hive split seems like it will be successful!

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HoneyBees #April10 #beehive #bee

  24. The East hive has lots of bees and some queen cells and also some brood that hasn't hatched yet. This is all in the bottom box of a 2 deep box hive.

    The hive split seems like it will be successful!

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HoneyBees #April10 #beehive #bee

  25. I checked the hives that were split 13 days ago. The Green hive that got the top box from East has lots of fresh brood so the queen was moved. This is the best scenario since most of the foragers would of went back to the other hive. I started seeing some new foragers in the last few days. Drones started flying 6 days ago.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HoneyBees #April10 #beehive #bee

  26. I checked the hives that were split 13 days ago. The Green hive that got the top box from East has lots of fresh brood so the queen was moved. This is the best scenario since most of the foragers would of went back to the other hive. I started seeing some new foragers in the last few days. Drones started flying 6 days ago.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HoneyBees #April10 #beehive #bee

  27. The bees are busy and still bringing in yellow pollen. Probably pussywillow, the elders claim to have picked them when they were young 'somewhere' here.

    #beekeeping #bees #pollen #beehive #March26 #apiary #BeeMovie #pollinators

  28. The bees are busy and still bringing in yellow pollen. Probably pussywillow, the elders claim to have picked them when they were young 'somewhere' here.

    #beekeeping #bees #pollen #beehive #March26 #apiary #BeeMovie #pollinators

  29. #PalletFork also suitable for beehive relocation 😁

    No bees in there, so nobody got bothered (them or me).

    These two hives are somewhat intact, or at least one. Might be worth saving as I have a ton of frames for them in the beekeeping shed (and even more in the attic). Needs cleanout and some repairing though.

    For now I just parked them by the fence so I can clear out the junk underneath.

    #PalletFork #Homestead #Cleanup #Beehive

  30. The bees are finding a lot of yellow pollen today, no idea what is is, no bees in the trees here. Easily 90-100 bees per minute with pollen.

    #beekeeping #bees #pollen #pollinators #YellowPollen #March18 #beehive

  31. The hazels have pollen and the bees are collecting it and bringing it back to the hives today.

    #beekeeping #bees #pollen #beehive #February27 #apiary #BeeMovie #pollinators

  32. There are many Masonic symbols, but only one which can easily be interpreted in almost every walk of life: the Beehive. This is a sign of plenty, of good will and of nourishment.

    Possibly the first to mention the bee - and the beehive as a Lodge - as a Masonic symbol in writing was Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), in his satirical work "Letter from the Grand Mistress of the Female Free-Masons" (1724).

    #Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #Literature #Swift #Beehive #Symbolism

  33. This is amazing.A guy built a desk with a Raspberry Pi-controlled LED simulation of #beehive activity. The build is kind of a slow burn, if you don't like maker stuff, but you can skip to around the 32 minute mark for the full reveal. It was grueling work and the end result was totally worth it. youtube.com/watch?v=gZvzyCj3N_