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28-05-2011, 12:26 PM
I'm sure I read this somewhere over the winter, but for the life of me I can't find it now that I need to.
I thought it would be helpful to be able to identify whether bees are entering the hive with their honey sacs full of nectar or not (probably a not at the moment) particularly with the time of year. I think it was to do with whether they were weighed down at the front when coming into the hive- but not entirely sure. The other thing is at what point in their flight would you be watching the bees for this and would it be affected by other things, for example it been a windy day?
I went to the apiary this morning hoping to get a quick look in each hive, however by the time I got the smoker going it became really blustery so didn't think it was a good idea to look. Instead I took a couple of videos from in front of the 2 established colonies to look at (without been blown over) to try & learn more about the bees behaviors. I thought this would be a good place to start.
I thought it would be helpful to be able to identify whether bees are entering the hive with their honey sacs full of nectar or not (probably a not at the moment) particularly with the time of year. I think it was to do with whether they were weighed down at the front when coming into the hive- but not entirely sure. The other thing is at what point in their flight would you be watching the bees for this and would it be affected by other things, for example it been a windy day?
I went to the apiary this morning hoping to get a quick look in each hive, however by the time I got the smoker going it became really blustery so didn't think it was a good idea to look. Instead I took a couple of videos from in front of the 2 established colonies to look at (without been blown over) to try & learn more about the bees behaviors. I thought this would be a good place to start.