Daniel Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Honeybees in slooow mootion! It so relaxing just to watch my bees lazily flapping their wings and wobbling in for a landing. Very satisfying! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Daniel said: Honeybees in slooow mootion! It so relaxing just to watch my bees lazily flapping their wings and wobbling in for a landing. Very satisfying! @Daniel How many hives do you have Daniel? They are fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Trish said: @Daniel How many hives do you have Daniel? They are fascinating! 47 currently, will probably be closer to 100 by mid May. I have a really bad case of MHS (multi hive syndrome). 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Daniel said: 47 currently, will probably be closer to 100 by mid May. I have a really bad case of MHS (multi hive syndrome). Just because I'm interested, do they swarm very often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) Spring is just around the corner... Edited March 28, 2021 by Anita 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 51 minutes ago, Trish said: Just because I'm interested, do they swarm very often? Depends, because it’s reproduction it can be almost impossible to stop them. But if I give each hive enough careful attention sometimes I can manipulate the swarming instinct and end up with additional colonies instead of a swarm. But I always lose a few each season swarming. So far this winter was very cold and very late, and there has been no swarming so far. Last year and the year before, the swarms started in mid March. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 People say I have ADHD... I don't know why. I took a nice long hike today. Hiked for about an hour and didn't lose focu- SQUIRREL! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 15 hours ago, Daniel said: It so relaxing just to watch my bees lazily flapping their wings and wobbling in for a landing. Very satisfying! I love how they just casually pile on top of each other. Landing on top of someone seems totally acceptable. No “ope, sorry!” in that hive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 23 hours ago, Daniel said: Depends, because it’s reproduction it can be almost impossible to stop them. But if I give each hive enough careful attention sometimes I can manipulate the swarming instinct and end up with additional colonies instead of a swarm. But I always lose a few each season swarming. So far this winter was very cold and very late, and there has been no swarming so far. Last year and the year before, the swarms started in mid March. Bees are so important for making the earth go round. Will never keep them, but I like to find out as much about them as possible for a non-keeper. Thank you for sharing how it works for you @Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 From several years ago in my portfolio: 'Bee over Rocky Mountain Bee Plant' Cleome serrulata, especially for our beekeeper.🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Just a photographer getting artsy when the Denver Downtown Aquarium was still known as OceanJourney and I used to be a founding member.I've always loved playing with reflections. Edited March 29, 2021 by Jungle Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 @Jungle Fan Quote It was marvellous, a feast for the eyes, this complication of coloured tints, a perfect kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet, indigo, and blue; in one word, the whole palette of an enthusiastic colourist! — Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Agets of the West Coast 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) @MAC 💜 ORD Ah, I miss the ocean! Oregon Coast Highway? Edited March 29, 2021 by Anita 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 12 minutes ago, Anita said: @MAC 💜 ORD Ah, I miss the ocean! Oregon Coast Highway? Indeed, Central Oregon Coast area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 @MACAgates are perfect for the aquarium, I've got some red carnelian, obsidian, and flint in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 @Jungle Fan we've been collecting and sorting agets and many other rock types for over a year from the coast. An agent theme tank someday would be really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Wyoming, and Montana have lots of agates as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 One I collected from New Mexico, cut and polished, and two pieces of Ocean Jasper I collected on the Oregon coast and polished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I saw honeybees on the Sassafras today. The bees were too wily to be photographed, but the flowers stood still: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Daniel said: I saw honeybees on the Sassafras today. The bees were too wily to be photographed, but the flowers stood still: My dad always talked about his grandmother making sassafras tea from the plant. She was part Cherokee. I always wondered what it tasted like. Do your bees give sassafras honey? Do you like the flavor? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 37 minutes ago, Alesha said: My dad always talked about his grandmother making sassafras tea from the plant. She was part Cherokee. I always wondered what it tasted like. Do your bees give sassafras honey? Do you like the flavor? I think Sassafras is just too early in the spring to get honey. Anything the the honeybees get now gets consumed in the all the brood rearing currently going on. Also the trees themselves are widespread but not common which makes it hard to get a flow. But man oh man would I love to taste some Sassafras honey! I can tell you what the tea tasted like though. When you injure the roots or bark of the tree it yields a very strong odor of root beer. I haven't checked but I bet the etymology of root beer goes back to a drink made from either the bark or roots of Sassafras. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Daniel said: I think Sassafras is just too early in the spring to get honey. Anything the the honeybees get now gets consumed in the all the brood rearing currently going on. Also he trees themselves are widespread but not common which makes it hard to get a flow. But man oh man would I love to taste some Sassafras honey! I can tell you what the tea tasted like though. When you injure the roots or bark of the tree it yields a very strong odor of root beer. I haven't checked but I bet the etymology of root beer goes back to a drink made from either the bark or roots of Sassafras. Ok, yep, I can remember him saying something about root beer! That's so interesting. Thanks for the info! One of our local friends just collected their honey last week. Their bees gave them orange blosson this year. They were excited. I guess they got something else last year. Interesting how it changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) The Root in Root Beer is Sassafras Edited March 30, 2021 by Anita 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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