Bell jar bees complete the task
The bell jar bees have finished the job -- with one fatality left entombed in gold (second photo). (For progress at each stage, click the bell jar bees keyword.)
Labels: bell jar bees, my beekeeping, my pictures
posted by Turlough | 14:22
6 Comments:
Hi, love the pictures. How did you get the bees out of the jar? Please tell me you did it in a nice way!
I did it in a very nice way. As the bee numbers dropped (oh, OK then, they eventually swarmed when I was on holiday), they did not need to occupy the jar in such a big concentration. So one day, I simply took the jar off the hive, placed it away from the hive and the remaining bees got the message, left the jar and flew home.
I'm happy to hear that - I look forward to next season's experiment :-)
This is really cool! I wish I could study bees but they are too small and too fast for me to see.
I can't wait to see what happens next time (smile)
I was wondering, was the jar exposed to sun light of covered?
The bell jar was covered throughout -- except for when I took photographs of course. It was wrapped in a cloth to inhibit condensation -- but with the hole in the top uncovered to allow a flow of air. And on top of that was the nucleus hive cover which is quite tall (to allow a feeder if necessary).
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