Spruce's honey bees

they'll probably come up with something[/quote]


yes I cant wait I hope its a Latin name

Spruce

 

Loli and me are thinking.......

 

Buzzarus

 

beepeedesperatous

 

Apis mellifera * Lolijenuous.....

 

here come the girls,

zzzzz zzzzz

 

Loli I am imprest , you have been doing your homework

Spruce

 

....... UPDATE......10th August 2012
Just come back from the two bee hives, new queens have started laying and have capped over brood and larvae bringing in tonnes of pollen and nector and are filling the hives full of stores the two supers the part I have for my honey they have only just starting to pull out the wax ready to put the stores away , Himalayan Balsam is in full flower bees coverd in pollen coming back home hopefully I have captured on the photos , so its all good news I will start treating for Varroa at the end on the month begining of September as that takes 4 weeks in total I will give you more information and explain in detail whats it for etc
Spruce

 

The meadow at this time of year is just amazing full of life, flowers, birds , insects , No sprays used here and not over grazed makes all the diffrence


Spruce

 

What an ideal place for your hives equivalent to Mayfair andPark Lane. In frame 7 - 4th bee from the right. What is he carrying on his back? Is he super bee - not content with just a large bag on each leg??

Jenny

 

Hi Jenny

"She" is carrying pollen , the himalayan Balsam flower is so packed with polen they end up coming in covered head to toe .

if you look at frame 4, 5th bee on the right you can see a drone bee the one with the big eyes

Yes its a wonderful place to keep bees

Thanks

Spruce

 

One of my favourite songs from one of my favourite albums,:ktykss:

 

Shall we dance ?

 

Jenny forgot to mention

Both hives have over 40 thousand bees in each at least , I didnt get stung once , when I got home went and cut both the lawns wearing shorts and got bitten on my leg by a horse fly ? (black thing about the size of baked bean) I got it though one good slap that hurt as well as I used full force thinking whats that , my leg was bleeding for 5 mins after .

Love the song, the drones wont be singing that for much longer they will be getting kicked out of the hives in a couple of weeks time "carnage " as I call it, any that manage to get back in will be dragged back out , no drones are kept over winter they do this to save food and we are taking hundreds of them.

Spruce