Requeening math: 16 days to emerge, 5–7 to mate and lay. September is essentually your last shot before the odds turn against you.
#beekeeping #queenbee #bees #apiary #modernbeekeeper
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@modernbeekeeper.bsky.socialRequeening math: 16 days to emerge, 5–7 to mate and lay. September is essentually your last shot before the odds turn against you.
#beekeeping #queenbee #bees #apiary #modernbeekeeper
@theapiarist.org[New post] The perfect antidote to shorter days and the lack of any practical beekeeping … associations are now starting their winter talks. Broaden your mine, learn something new, and eat lots of cake 😄.
theapiarist.org/talking-the-...
#cake #beekeeping
@tia.utas.edu.auFun Fact Friday! Did you know that beekeeping can be traced back thousands of years?
TIA entomologist Dr Jon Finch explains in this short video.
#FunFactFriday #Beekeeping #Entomology #BeeFacts #Pollinators #InsectScience #BeeConservation #InsectFacts #Honeybee
@scottishbeekeepers.bsky.socialGood luck to everyone sitting our Microscopy Exam this Saturday🔬
We know how much time, effort & dedication goes into preparing for these exams, so we’re wishing you all the very best of luck 🍀
#ScottishBeekeepers #MicroscopyExam #Beekeeping #Honeybees #GoodLuck
@hive101.bsky.socialExtreme Beekeeping
@crawleybees.bsky.socialYou see the jar.
You don't see everything that came before it.
🐝 Hive
🍯 Honey frame
🔪 Uncapping
⚙️ Extraction
✨ Settling
🫙 The jar
Nothing added.
Nothing blended.
Just honey from bees I look after.
#CrawleyBees #LocalHoney #BritishHoney #SussexHoney #Beekeeper #RawHoney #HoneyHarvest #Beekeeping
@modernbeekeeper.bsky.socialPopulation check: does your colony still need every box it's carrying? Consolidating down now, beats an oversized, hard-to-heat hive in January.
#beekeeping #bees #winterprep #apiary #modernbeekeeper
@schmittydeck.bsky.socialI ended up winning first place for my light amber honey 🍯 at the Washington State Fair. #WashingtonStateFair #PuyallupFair #Beekeeping
@scottishbeekeepers.bsky.socialWell what can we say…a huge big THANK YOU
to everyone who attended, supported, organised, planned, sponsored, donated & prepared for our #Convention & #Scottish National #Honey Show this weekend
Same time (25 Sep) & place next year?
#beekeepers #beekeeping #friends #knowledge
@apiaryforecast.com27–30 September: weak nectar and restricted forage access leave stores as the main autumn concern across the UK.
https://apiaryforecast.com/autumn-stores-pressure-as-nectar-remains-scarce/
@hive101.bsky.social@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social
The new unofficial Bee Ambassador…
Comedian Josh Johnson explores eating honeycomb with friend…
@hive101.bsky.socialWinter is Coming… which means the Hive becomes a NO DRONE ZONE 🚨
A matriarchy run by Worker Bees (all female) kick the men out when the weather turns… to conserve resources.
Buh-bye boys!
@hive101.bsky.socialTwo of my favorite things..
@theapiarist.org[New post] Why was my queen matings so poor this season, and where do queens mate anyway? A recent review questions the evidence supporting the role for drone congregations areas in queen mating.
theapiarist.org/drone-congre...
#beekeeping
@hive101.bsky.socialDo not try this at home!
@pricethecreator.bsky.socialThere's so many people here and it's cool af. #Beekeeping
@hive101.bsky.socialDrones live to pop a Queen. One trip to sexy town and they drop to their deaths.
So in the fall, all the women kick them out of the hive… and they die out in the cold.
Seems harsh… but somehow right.