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  1. 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

  2. Some video of the hive entrances. Sunny and 63F/17C. That West hive is less active but those bees have a different schedule than the other two. Seems like a lot less Carniolan types in that hive.

    #beekeeping #apiary #bees #honeybee #beehive #BeeVideo #BeeMovie

  3. The bees today. Very busy, pollen coming in, and the West hive having a traffic jam caused by a bunch of drones on the landing board.

    I haven't seen any activity at the bait hive and the bees at the other empty hives seem to be off target and taking a break.

    #beekeeping #bees #beehives #apiary #HoneyBee #BeeVideo #BeeMovie

  4. Bees bringing in the pollen on Saturday morning. I estimate between 100-120 bees per minute with pollen. That could be over 1.5 grams of pollen per minute or 500 grams in 6 hours. More than a pound of pollen and they work hours than that. That's based on them only carrying 15mg of pollen but I read they can carry 30mg.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HoneyBee #bee #April19 #BeeHive #pollinators #pollen #BeeVideo #BeeMovie

  5. I'm seeing some honey bees on the hyacinths today. Not sure this is one of my bees, it looks a little different to what I see at the hives. One I saw yesterday getting goose water looked similar and behaved a little hotter than my bees. Lots of movement, maybe bee hand waving. 👋 Maybe Italians? 🤔

    #BloomScrollingWithBee #hyacinth #bee #bees #HoneyBee #ItalianBee #April17 #FlowerWithBee #beekeeping

  6. Sunny and 41F / 5C out before noon and all three hives had bees flying. I even saw a big drone fly back into one hive.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #honeybees #honeybee #MastodonOnly #CCBYNCND

  7. This instance keeps bees - so here are today's garden visitors. Nice bees but not native bees.

    #Bees #Apismellifera #Honey #HoneyBee #Montreal #Baiedurfe #Garden

  8. Mind the Gap – Generalist species and networks are thought to be more resilient to rapid ecological change – but gaps in resources through time may lead to increased vulnerability. Here we explore temporal variation in diet specificity in the honeybee using pollen DNA metabarcoding of honey samples. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu #Plants #Pollinators #EcologicalNetworks #Honeybee #eDNA #DNAmetabarcoding