Bee-cycle
Mar 24, 2018 23:51:21 #
This is not my photo. I posted it because it was such a bizarre sight and an incredibly unique picture. It was posted on social media by the local Police Department in a neighboring community today. They were called to help with this unusual problem at a local park. The bees followed their queen to this bicycle. A bee keeper was called in to remove the bees to a safe location.
Mar 25, 2018 00:05:40 #
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Mar 25, 2018 01:44:48 #
bellgamin
Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Why did the bees do that, I wonder? Bees are an ecological treasure, an essential cog in the life of our planet. My favorite insect.
In my college days, long ago, I played trumpet with a group that did gigs. Just an hour before we played Lobby #2 in Juarez, I went to smell a rose and got stung by a bee on my upper lip. It got really big but I still played, even though it hurt like blue blazes. Folks said I had a really good sound that night... my lip slurs on a Jewish song were to die for.
In my college days, long ago, I played trumpet with a group that did gigs. Just an hour before we played Lobby #2 in Juarez, I went to smell a rose and got stung by a bee on my upper lip. It got really big but I still played, even though it hurt like blue blazes. Folks said I had a really good sound that night... my lip slurs on a Jewish song were to die for.
Mar 25, 2018 01:50:40 #
bellgamin wrote:
Why did the bees do that, I wonder? Bees are an ecological treasure, an essential cog in the life of our planet. My favorite insect.
In my college days, long ago, I played trumpet with a group that did gigs. Just an hour before we played Lobby #2 in Juarez, I went to smell a rose and got stung on my upper lip. It got really big but I still played, even though it hurt like blue blazes. Folks said I had a really good sound that night... my lip slurs on a Jewish song were to die for.
In my college days, long ago, I played trumpet with a group that did gigs. Just an hour before we played Lobby #2 in Juarez, I went to smell a rose and got stung on my upper lip. It got really big but I still played, even though it hurt like blue blazes. Folks said I had a really good sound that night... my lip slurs on a Jewish song were to die for.
Great story, Bellgamin.
We live in an agricultural area that produces almonds. Bees are brought in (in transportable hives) to pollenate the trees and then removed after the season when pollination is complete. One theory is that some nearby hives were removed when the bees were not inside, possibly leaving them 'stranded' without a hive to go home to.
Mar 25, 2018 03:42:07 #
Mar 25, 2018 05:31:57 #
jdub82 wrote:
Great story, Bellgamin.
We live in an agricultural area that produces almonds. Bees are brought in (in transportable hives) to pollenate the trees and then removed after the season when pollination is complete. One theory is that some nearby hives were removed when the bees were not inside, possibly leaving them 'stranded' without a hive to go home to.
We live in an agricultural area that produces almonds. Bees are brought in (in transportable hives) to pollenate the trees and then removed after the season when pollination is complete. One theory is that some nearby hives were removed when the bees were not inside, possibly leaving them 'stranded' without a hive to go home to.
The queen never leaves a viable hive. They may have been flooded out at this time of year.
Mar 25, 2018 07:28:28 #
usken65 wrote:
The queen never leaves a viable hive. They may have been flooded out at this time of year.
Quite possible. We have had a few inches of rain in the past week.
Mar 25, 2018 09:32:23 #
Sometimes during periods of stress a queen bee will take off. She will take a portion of the hive with her. Some of the bees will search around for a suitable location for a new hive. The rest of the bees will stick around the queen. Rather than fly around continually, the queen will find a place to rest. The other bees will cluster around her, leading to a swarm forming around something. Generally it's a tree branch but it could be almost anything. The swarm will sit there for anywhere from a couple hours to a couple days until the scouts find a suitable place for the new hive. Beekeepers can grab the queen during that time and place her in a new hive, thereby gaining a hive of bees, which is worth a couple hundred dollars to them. The rest of the bees will follow the queen.
The old hive, without a queen, will stimulate the bees remaining to form a new queen. They take some of the eggs laid by the old queen and treat them in such a way as to generate new queens. When they hatch, the first one will try to kill the others so there's only one queen to a hive.
The old hive, without a queen, will stimulate the bees remaining to form a new queen. They take some of the eggs laid by the old queen and treat them in such a way as to generate new queens. When they hatch, the first one will try to kill the others so there's only one queen to a hive.
Mar 25, 2018 09:43:30 #
Mar 25, 2018 11:00:13 #
Nobody would steal the bike.
Ballangrud wrote:
Great information! Thanks
Mar 25, 2018 11:31:48 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Sometimes during periods of stress a queen bee wil... (show quote)
Thanks for the information, Dirt Farmer!
Mar 25, 2018 14:06:49 #
It's called a swarm. It's the way bees create new colonies. The queen leaves with about half of the workers. They pick a spot to hang out until they find a suitable new home. The ones left behind create a new queen. Now you have two colonies. They usually go to trees, but sometimes pick the oddest places to go while they wait for the scouts to find a new home.
Mar 25, 2018 15:58:18 #
PS: The swarm can contain something in the range of 2000-5000 bees.
You can (or at least you used to be able to) buy bees through the mail.
You can (or at least you used to be able to) buy bees through the mail.
Mar 25, 2018 18:53:37 #
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