Beach Bees

04/19/2021

https://entomologytoday.org/2021/04/16/honey-bee-hive-boxes-drafty-inefficient-temperature/

Temperature swings tied to the design of the classic wooden hive box make extra work for honey bees in keeping a hive temperature steady.

04/16/2021

https://m.facebook.com/RoosterHomeandHardware/posts/2609989785699338

Know your “Yellow Stripey Things”🐝 posted by my beekeeper friend Tony.

02/28/2021

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-colombia-apiarists-avocado-bees.html

For the second time in two years, Gildardo Urrego is scooping up piles of dead bees after an invisible evil invaded his hives in northwest Colombia, wreaking havoc among his swarms.

09/16/2020

We did a hive inspection getting the bees ready for winter and Harvested 3 boxes of honey.

08/05/2020

https://www.wired.com/story/what-can-ants-and-bees-teach-us-about-containing-disease/

Social insects cooperate to curb the spread of pathogens. Maybe their systems of behavior can help human societies battling pandemics of our own.

08/05/2020

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stingless-bees-build-spiral-honeycombs-grow-crystals-180975405/

The waxy architectural wonders seem to grow like crystals

05/17/2020

05/14/2020

Spent a month processing wax and pouring candles

05/05/2020

The the bees arrived. They are Italians and looked beautiful.

05/05/2020

Spent March and April cleaning frames and setting them up for new bees.

04/07/2020

More bees wax bricks