How many
Apr 25, 2022 18:06:57 #
Honey bees have been using or birdbath for water. Canon 6dII with Tamron 28-300 ISO 25000 1/400 f29. Handheld from about 1.6 feet. If anyone can guess how many, you get an atta boy or girl depending.
Apr 25, 2022 18:21:53 #
Apr 25, 2022 18:22:31 #
alliebess
Loc: suburban Philadelphia
I've read that we should put some rocks or pebbles in the water for the bees to stand on, but I haven't tried that yet. Nice photo of your visitors.
Apr 25, 2022 18:51:37 #
ghbowser wrote:
Honey bees have been using or birdbath for water. Canon 6dII with Tamron 28-300 ISO 25000 1/400 f29. Handheld from about 1.6 feet. If anyone can guess how many, you get an atta boy or girl depending.
Great set! Luv Me Sum Bees! Thanx for sharing!
Apr 25, 2022 19:14:42 #
ghbowser wrote:
Honey bees have been using or birdbath for water. Canon 6dII with Tamron 28-300 ISO 25000 1/400 f29. Handheld from about 1.6 feet. If anyone can guess how many, you get an atta boy or girl depending.
25
Apr 25, 2022 22:17:01 #
Apr 26, 2022 08:54:36 #
ghbowser wrote:
Honey bees have been using or birdbath for water. Canon 6dII with Tamron 28-300 ISO 25000 1/400 f29. Handheld from about 1.6 feet. If anyone can guess how many, you get an atta boy or girl depending.
A bunch.
Apr 26, 2022 09:04:56 #
Apr 26, 2022 11:21:53 #
Never seen anything quite like this. Did not know bees have a drinking problem.
Apr 26, 2022 11:29:23 #
It's good to see a cluster of bees for they are experiencing difficult times and bees are ever so important.
Apr 26, 2022 13:50:09 #
Apr 26, 2022 15:10:28 #
When I visited my dad in Phoenix one summer, I watched a flock? of bees congregate on a bowl of water next to a dripping faucet. Around sunset, they began to stream off to the west to return to their hive.
Ron
Ron
Apr 26, 2022 21:57:21 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
A group of bees that have set up housekeeping is called a colony. When about 60% on the worker bees and the queen leave to set up housekeeping at a new location, they are referred to as a swarm. When a colony swarms, that is the act of them moving to new digs.
The Queen is a female that lays fertile eggs. Worker bees are incompletely formed females that do not lay eggs under normal circumstances. They also do all the work. Worker bees come from fertilized eggs the queen lays. Male drone bees come from unfertilized eggs the queen lays. Drones do absolutely nothing other than mate with a freshly hatched young queen. Sounds like a good gig until autumn comes and the workers throw them out into the cold to die.
The Queen is a female that lays fertile eggs. Worker bees are incompletely formed females that do not lay eggs under normal circumstances. They also do all the work. Worker bees come from fertilized eggs the queen lays. Male drone bees come from unfertilized eggs the queen lays. Drones do absolutely nothing other than mate with a freshly hatched young queen. Sounds like a good gig until autumn comes and the workers throw them out into the cold to die.
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