For the bees!

[hakzaw1]

I Love(most) honey bees- my uncle Tom was a bee keeper and I was the only kid in a large family that liked to work with him & bees--

I found how they 'tell' the other bees where to find the best flowers or a source of honey- very fascinating.

hak

[ImageLight]

That was some crazzzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyy shit!

[KANG]

Have you seen how some bees kill their enemies by vibrating so fast they cook their enemies to death it's incredible.. Fascinating species :P

[djmatt]

Have you seen how some bees kill their enemies by vibrating so fast they cook their enemies to death it's incredible.. Fascinating species :P

I have!! Its really cool!!!!

[LaserCo]

Have you seen how some bees kill their enemies by vibrating so fast they cook their enemies to death it's incredible.. Fascinating species :P

I read the book "The Hephaestus Plague" when I was around 15 years old, will never forget! Today I learn there is a movie based on the book.

An earthquake releases a bunch of mutant cockroaches that can create fire by rubbing their cerci together. Eventually most of the bugs die because they cannot survive in the low air pressure on the Earth's surface, but a scientist (Dillman) keeps one alive in a pressure chamber. He successfully breeds the cockroach with a modern bug creating a breed of intelligent, flying super-bugs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_%281975_film%29

[hakzaw1]

Try this- put some honey or syrup on your finger and let a bee 'find' it--or find a bee on a flower.
they are in 'hog heaven' and apparently have no time for stinging etc

shake to bee off your finger..downwind.
Then hold your finger up and watch the bee fly back to you in their zig zag fashion.

you can see the bee 'zero' in on your finger going back and forth in smaller
patterns until they get back on your finger to resume the feast-they must have an incredible sense of smell-- IF you want to confirm place tiny dot of 'white-out' on the bee and you will know when it comes back to you.

- once 'full' the bee WILL leave BUT expect it to come back along with others from the hive ..I have done this many times and it always worked as I describe..

I love bees and honey too!!
BUT DANG its gotten expensive!!

[djmatt]

Its funny,there is a guy about half a mile from here who has bees he put a red dot on his and Ive seen a few come to the feeder i have for them.
It might sound crazy, but Ive got mine wrapped with some insulating wrap to keep the wind off them, and they have a small 20watt heater thats on the bottom board, and bc of this ive noticed they have move all the honey and brood down to the bottom of the frame..lol the wireless thermomete says 65 at the top,and 51% humidity, so they seem very happy with that..lol due to the face its been cold and rainy...