Bees and Beekeeping (honeybees only)
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Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are presently considered a clade, called Anthophila. There are over 16,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families. Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while most species (>90%) – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary.
Bees are found on every continent except for Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants. The most common bees in the Northern Hemisphere are the Halictidae, or sweat bees, but they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies. Bees range in size from tiny stingless bee species, whose workers are less than 2 millimetres (0.08 in) long, to Megachile pluto, the largest species of leafcutter bee, whose females can attain a length of 39 millimetres (1.54 in).
Bees feed on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used as food for their larvae. Vertebrate predators of bees include primates and birds such as bee-eaters; insect predators include beewolves and dragonflies.
Bee pollination is important both ecologically and commercially, and the decline in wild bees has increased the value of pollination by commercially managed hives of honey bees. The analysis of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species across Britain from 1980 to 2013 found the insects have been lost from a quarter of the places they inhabited in 1980.
Portable "beehives" are rather common in Bavaria. This one is located near the villae of Weltenburg at the Danube. The picture was taken in the afternoon.
Al sinds 1600 staat ten noorden van Wapenveld molen de Vlijt. Zijn voorganger werd in 1448 gebouwd door de fraters van de Moderne Devotie.
De naam 'Vrieze's Erfgoed' is gekozen als eerbetoon aan de drie generaties Vrieze die de molen sinds 1888 in eigendom hadden. Het Vrieze's Erfgoed is ontstaan in 2008, toen Willem Vrieze zijn molen, de molenaarswoning en een erf van drie hectare schonk aan de Stichting Molenbezit. Het bestuur slaagde er in om de boerderij van de molen volledig te renoveren. Hierbij is het erf in oorspronkelijke staat hersteld door de aanleg van hagen, de aanplant van een boomgaard en het maken van een moestuin. Op het complex is verder een amfitheater gebouwd en een bijenhotel met bijenstal geplaatst. In een vroegere schuur is een streekwinkel ondergebracht.
Windmolens, en dus ook molen de Vlijt, hebben het moeilijk als in de jaren '60 van de vorige eeuw de meelfabrieken hun werk overnemen. De Vlijt heeft het nog zwaarder wanneer er op 25 december 1980 brand uitbreekt in de molen. Zand- en grindhandelaar Jan Joostema ziet midden in de nacht een vuurbal op het riet aan de onderkant van de Vlijt. Hij belt de brandweer, maar deze kan weinig uitrichten tegen de omhoog razende vlammen. Machteloos moeten ze toezien hoe de wieken en de vier ton wegende wiekenas omlaag storten. Na herbouw is de molen in 1984 weer gaan draaien.
“Molen de Vlijt” te Wapenveld
Since 1600, windmill de Vlijt has been located north of Wapenveld. Its predecessor was built in 1448 by the Brothers of the Modern Devotion.
The name 'Vrieze's Heritage' was chosen as a tribute to the three generations of Vrieze who owned the mill since 1888. The Vrieze's Heritage was created in 2008, when Willem Vrieze donated his mill, the miller's house and a three-hectare yard to the Molenbezit Foundation. The board succeeded in completely renovating the mill farm. The yard has been restored to its original state by the construction of hedges, the planting of an orchard and the creation of a vegetable garden. An amphitheater has also been built on the complex and a bee hotel with apiary has been installed. A regional shop is housed in a former barn.
Windmills, including mill de Vlijt, have a hard time when the flour mills take over their work in the 1960s. De Vlijt has it even harder when a fire breaks out in the mill on December 25, 1980. Sand and gravel trader Jan Joostema sees a fireball on the reeds at the bottom of the Vlijt in the middle of the night. He calls the fire brigade, but they can do little against the raging flames. They have to watch helplessly as the blades and the four-tonne blade shaft fall down. After rebuilding, the mill started working again in 1984.
There's a nice apiary at the northeastern end of the Gaasperplas that I like to visit on my rounds. Though it was still quite chilly - about 7C - Bees were abuzz. But my attention was drawn by this Dronefly, Eristalis tenax, gathering pollen on a Daffodil flower.
I had my wildlife setup going and was practicing birds in flight shots, when out of frustration I looked down and saw this bee busy working away.
At the northeastern end of the Gaasperplas there's an apiary I like to visit when the temperature is right. For Bees to be flying out that's about 10 C. Today on New Year's Day the temperature soared amazingly to about 13 C. A record was broken for this area. Anyway...
So I went to have a look. Indeed, Bees were taking a little outing out of the warmth and closeness of their nest to shallow Sun out of doors. Nothing here in the way of nectar; all is still barren. But search for sweetness was not their goal. They stayed quite near their hive. Our Bees were taking care of their 'first business'; that is to say, they were cleaning out their guts - to phrase it delicately. As soon as they were done within a few metres of the hive, they quickly returned to its warmth.
The girls got a break yesterday because we finally got a little rain. Saturday was like a ghost town in the late afternoon(there was absolutely no bees to be seen) because they sensed the rain was coming. It was nice to see they got a nice break from working. The summer has been very hot which stresses the bees and shortens their lives. Today(the day after the rain) the girls are out in full force and it is the highest activity I have seen all year long! About 15 - 20 feet from the colony you can start to hear a low frequency buzz of the bees and it just got more intense the closer you got the the hive!
The white screen at the entrance is called a "robber screen". The scent of honey is strong this time of year and other bees and wasps will go and rob the hive if this wasn't in place. The bees that belong to the colony have learned they now have to go in and out of the hive by going up to the top.(There are two slots on the far left and far right to gain access to the hive). The "Robbers" smell the honey and try to gain access to hive where the traditional entrance is and can't figure out how to get into the hive. If robber bees or wasps get into the hive, they can wipe out the whole colony.
At the end of the path you can see the Hortus's apiary of four hives. There are still a few Bees out, but not in these Autumn-colored trees. On the left a Red Cypress and on the right the yellow of Persian Ironwood in the Fall. Soon they'll have lost their leaves.
Dedicated to some friends who were determined to make reality happen even when things looked bleak. When humanity has disappointed you to the max, out of nowhere some guardian angels come to save the day. I am very humbled and grateful by your actions Aaron, Stacy and Will. I hope you and your families find much happiness in your lives.
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Gardi, Wayne County, Georgia
Circa 1900, it originally served as a general store and post office; the Fancy Honey sign was added later in the 1940s.
Click on the photo to enlarge it and see the bees.
River District Apiary, Bee-ware,
River District, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Each of these wax cells is filled with royal jelly, and a single egg. The queen bee can lay over 2,000 eggs in a single day, and each egg is then watched over by female worker bees, like the one in the photo.
Special thanks to Janice Mercieri at White Mountain Apiary, who invited me to join her when she checked on the hive health of the hives at Tarrnation Flower Farm in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.
Ice in many places on the banks of the Gaasperplas (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/54327362190/in/photost...) as I ambled past the Apiary on its far north-east side. It was just 0°C. Honeybees usually begin foraging at about 10 or 12°; when the thermometer is lower they huddle together in their hives or nests. If you put your hand on the sides, you'll be able to feel slight warmth and an inkling of movement of the beemassing inside. Still, those Bees have clean nests so even in bitter cold they do shortly leave their compatriots for a pitstop to evacuate their guts. In the photo at the top the Apiary, at bottom the doorway of a hive with some congregating Bees.
There are canola fields all over PEI, and many of them have apiaries attached to them to assist with pollination. It's truly a beautiful sight to see.
The historical Pavillon Davioud within Jardin du Luxembourg which is now an Apiary school.
Learn more; www.eutouring.com/images_jardin_du_luxembourg_4.html
A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive. Nest is used to discuss colonies which house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or are hanging and exposed. Hive is used to describe an artificial structure to house a honey bee nest. Several species of Apis live in colonies, but for honey production the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) are the main species kept in hives
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Apiary is evidence of the once rich and various economic life in Dol. It dates back to the 16 th century whilst honey was produced until the end of 20th century. It is located on the property of Gospodnetić Martinović family. Such method of beehive construction is considered unique and is a remnant of an old Mediterranean cultural tradition. Beehives are made of stone plates and joined with a mixture of lime and soil. They are covered with a small roof removable to enable the extraction od wooden slats close to which bees were making honeycombs rich with honey. At the locality were found about 100 stone beehives.
Pčelinjak je dokaz nekadašnjeg bogatog i raznovrsnog gospodarskog života u Dolu. Datira još iz 16. stoljeća, dok se med proizvodio do kraja 20. stoljeća. Nalazi se na imanju obitelji Gospodnetić Martinović. Takav način gradnje košnica smatra se jedinstvenim i ostatkom je stare mediteranske kulturne tradicije. Košnice se izrađuju od kamenih ploča i spajaju mješavinom vapna i zemlje. Pokrivene su malim krovom koji se može skinuti kako bi se omogućilo vađenje drvenih letvica u blizini kojih su pčele gradile saće bogato medom. Na lokalitetu je pronađeno oko 100 kamnih košnica.
A series showing our industrious and highly-valuable friends busily at work on an array of fall flowers. Clearly a non-discriminatory lot...here, "bathing" on a thistle.
The Meadow Beehives are available now at ACCESS!
These mini apiaries feature options to easily attach to your build or to be free-standing. Add one to the side of your home or place one in your favorite garden area!
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