The bees today. Very busy, pollen coming in, and the West hive having a traffic jam caused by a bunch of drones on the landing board.

I haven't seen any activity at the bait hive and the bees at the other empty hives seem to be off target and taking a break.

#beekeeping #bees #beehives #apiary #HoneyBee #BeeVideo #BeeMovie

I made a deep Langstoth box, then I cut it in half and made two 5-frame nuc hives. 100% recycled wood except the frames shown. Painted with boiled linseed oil, the 'white' is zinc oxide mixed in, and the green is green iron oxide and zinc oxide mix. Migratory type covers, no inner. Cleat handles after it was painted so a dado could be cut so they could be glued. Glued and screwed throughout with some dowels to align the panel pieces. More in ALT.

#beekeeping #beehives #NucHive #woodworking

Raw Organic Honey Bee pollen Perga Propolis

raw organic honey bee from pristine meadows and forests of Latvia. The unpolluted regions far away from cities and roads offer the perfect conditions for our raw and eco-friendly honey production.

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Raw Organic Honey Bee pollen Perga Propolis

raw organic honey bee from pristine meadows and forests of Latvia. The unpolluted regions far away from cities and roads offer the perfect conditions for our raw and eco-friendly honey production.

Earthbreath
Raw Organic Honey Bee pollen Perga Propolis

raw organic honey bee from pristine meadows and forests of Latvia. The unpolluted regions far away from cities and roads offer the perfect conditions for our raw and eco-friendly honey production.

Earthbreath
Raw Organic Honey Bee pollen Perga Propolis

raw organic honey bee from pristine meadows and forests of Latvia. The unpolluted regions far away from cities and roads offer the perfect conditions for our raw and eco-friendly honey production.

Earthbreath

The bees have mostly yellow pollen, and some bright orange and a mix of dirty colors but not a lot of that. The first drone bee spotted coming out of the West hive. A drone and a very light colored bee at the Center hive which has more darker bees. It really stands out.

#beekeeping #bees #HoneyBees #apiary #BeeYard #BeeHives #April10

Finished and submitted the new short story today! Most of the afternoon was our first spring checkup on two of our five #beehives. We're going to check the other three tomorrow.
Can you find the Queen?
#editing #amwriting

Episode two hundred and seventy-one is up now! Today's song is Lover's Spit by Broken Social Scene.

I discuss the song's blunt language presenting its theme plainly, and the alternate version featuring the vocals of Feist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ10zEZWEhk

#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #loversspit #brokensocialscene #youforgotitinpeople #kevindrew #brendancanning #feist #beehives

Lover's Spit - Pigeon's Song of the Day (24/01/2025)

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Beehives in villages in the hinterland of Arhavi (Artvin province/ NE Turkey). Sometimes they are set up in places that are difficult to access so that bears, for example, cannot reach them.
(August 1983)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bienen, # Bienenstöcke, #beehives, #Arhavi, #Artvin, #Schwarzmeergebiet, #Black_Sea_area, #Turkey, #Türkei