Saturday, June 11, 2011
Graduation Day!
Here's a look at the bee yard for 2011. Notice that there are now (3) hives instead of (1).
The hive in the middle is from a swarm that originated from the hive on the right, when they swarmed in April. I was fortunate to be at home on a Saturday, so I could catch them. When I was a boy, I used to catch honeybees one at a time. Now I catch them 10,000-40,000's at a time.
The hive on the left is from a swarm which I caught at a friend's house this year. Today is "Graduation Day" for some of the house bees, who are graduating to become foragers. It's a big deal in the bee community to become a full fledged forager.
When they do their orientation flights, they are locking in their location with their on-board GPS systems which the Great Creator God has given them. Enjoy!
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Your bee boxes look kind of like the houses in Monopoly. Now that you have 3 of them, you can trade them in for a hotel.
ReplyDeleteYes, they do kind of look like those Monopoly houses... I might need a hotel too, at the rate these bees are having babies!
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