I received some Warre hive photos from Brenden recently. Brenden lives not too far from me in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. He built a Warre hive last spring and populated it with bees from a shook swarm. His hive is located in his city backyard where there is plenty of flowering plants, flowers and trees for his bees to forage on. Brenden told me that his bees filled two hives boxes with honey comb in five days!
Entries categorized as ‘Honeybee Photos’
Hot Weather + Nectar Flow = Busy Bees
August 10, 2008 · 2 Comments
Mid 90′s in the shade
Talk about hot! It has been hot here in NW Oregon this last week. The weather is cooler now…but last week we had several days of mid 90′s F in the shade. That is hot for us Oregonians! We are accustomed to the cool rainy weather of the Pacific Northwest. Regardless of how we humans feel, the bees seem to cope with the heat rather well. My bees have been very busy gathering the last of the blackberry nectar flow and carrying it home to ripen into honey. They are also gathering another liquid in large quantities…water.
Categories: Honeybee Photos · Nick's Bees
Tagged: beekeeping, Warre Hive, watering honeybees, summer heat, nectar flow
Bees like Water too!
August 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Here is another great picture from Wikipedia. This cute honeybee is drinking some water. By the way, it can be hot this time of year, so be sure to have some water available for your honeybees. Just fill a pie pan with water and place a couple of rocks in it. Make sure the rocks rise above the water a bit to give the bees something to stand on. The honeybees will take the water and put it into their hive. As the bees fan their hive entrance, the water evaporates and helps to cool the beehive. Very smart little creatures!
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Categories: Honeybee Photos
Tagged: flower, water, Wild Honeybees
Amazing Honeybee Photo
August 4, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Honeybee Photos
Tagged: flower, nectar, pollen, Wild Honeybees
