Bee v Spider

RE: Bee v Spider

Silvia Maldonado — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 03:04:31 GMT

Sorry, guys, I've been out for few days. It is much more complex than breeding rabbits or even keeping a cold water marine aquarium, but it's so amazing! The best example of altruistic behaviour is a bee hive. Even when they get rid of their drones in the autumn and he just leave to meet his fatal destiny and dying of hunger... I discovered the life in a hive while at the Uni in a project to find a natural and non-profitable treatment for varroasis. What was aimed to get some credits and waste some extra time during one course, I actually found myself spending 4 years.

Believe it or not, most bees die of hunger either for lack of honey/sugar, or the honeycombs are full, but the honey has crystallized.

RE: Bee v Spider

Stephen Putnam — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:59:00 GMT

Beekeeping is a lot more complicated than it looks, many beginners only last for a year or so before their bees die.

Join your local beekeepers association & go along to some meetings - beekeepers are generally a very friendly bunch.

RE: Bee v Spider

Bob Russell — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:49:21 GMT

Rather than start a new bee thread are there any beekeepers out there? We are planting a small orchard at home and have a couple of hives on site but not mine!

I am tempted to get a couple of hives set up and really don't know where to start! The existing hive owners are not particularly informed therefore not a good source of information.

We have had two jars of 'Willowbrook Honey' and wonderful it was too!!

RE: Bee v Spider

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:57:50 GMT

Well, it's Friday.

I love this lady;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q88m4tn-E64

RE: Bee v Spider

Silvia Maldonado — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:24:03 GMT

Bees don't live long, even less in the summer time, and now that the weather is getting colder most of them are doom to die soon. The younger bees start their lives working within the hive (kind of cleaning and tyding) and will not collect nectar until they are more mature and less hairy.

Having said that, I bet this bee was neither young nor healthy. Therefore, she was more likely to be caught by a predator whom she would not fight back with her lethal sting.

Now... What happened in the end?