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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Asian Giant Hornets eradicated from Washington, according to sources.

    kuow.org/stories/invasive-murd

    Remember when #MurderHornets were one of the seven #plagues visited upon us in 2020?

    Well officials announced that we’ve eradicated them from the United States. "It is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects," said Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the #WashingtonState #Washington Department of Agriculture

    Northern giant hornets pose significant threats to #pollinators and native insects. They can wipe out a #honeybee hive in as little as 90 minutes, decapitating the #bees #bee and then defending the hive as their own, taking the brood to feed their own young.

    #BeeKeeping
    cc: @ai6yr for your beekeeper networks