John 
My local #apiarist (#beekeeper) has retired & moved away. ☹️
No more local #honey!
There are others around. Each about 25km’s away. Hmmm.
Hacker News'Robber bees' invade apiarist's shop in attempted honey heist
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/robber-bees-terrace-bc-apiary-1.7627532
#HackerNews #RobberBees #HoneyHeist #Apiarist #News #BuzzingNature #BeeNews
Thousands of 'robber bees' invade B.C. apiarist's shop in attempted honey heist | CBC News
"Robber bees" hunt for dwindling resources in the late summer and early fall, but they usually only attack other beehives. So the owner of Rushing River Apiaries in Terrace, B.C., was shocked to find found thousands of the pollinators in her shop.
#Varroa mite detected in #SouthAustralia for first time!
The discovery was made in a #beehive at #Pooginook in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance by PIRSA inspectors.
The infested hive is believed to have originated in a consignment of hives from Queensland. #auspol #bees #apiarist
Wulfy—Speaker to the machinesSaddest news I probably heard in 3 months.
Spoke to my #apiarist friend yesterday, the bees in my state have no honey to give this year.
The drought in the dryest state on the dryest continent was so bad.
#climate change 🥺
I knew this year was bad, because I couldn't find any shrooms, but it's BAD.
Tagging: @ai6yr
Dr. Zalka Csenge VirágSo there's this Greek myth that says Zeus was fed by bees when he was born. In gratitude, he blessed them with the color of "shining bronze", and made them immune to cold and harsh winds. These bees lived in Zeus' sacred cave in Crete, and aggressively chased away anyone who tried to steal their honey.
Any #apiarist or #entomology expert out there who could tell me what these bees are by any chance?...
LycanGalen#Fall #honey harvesting has begun for this #beekeeper and crew. As a #hobbyist; my crew consists of my retired father, my spouse with #LongCovid on the occasions when the #COVID is being kind, and myself. This means we do not move as quickly as the #pro #apiarist, but we get it done. No stings for me, but several honey-coated bees chilled on me to clean up. This gave me a good excuse to just sit and watch them. Tomorrow is hive 3, and extraction.
Bob DownieHi #beekeepers especially any in #Scotland. I came across a hive of wild bees in the Isle of #Bute. These were very dark, almost black. I have a vague memory that black bees are the native strain & quite rare. Is this right? My picture is not great but the best I could do. #apiary #apiarist
Mel CampbellAfter years of the ritualistic cadences and PPE-less bee-scooping of Erika Thompson of Texas Beeworks (“and it was another great day of saving the bees”) I have discovered on YouTube an Australian #apiarist who is somewhere near #Geelong and who says stuff like “and they’ve got their bums up” and accidentally drops a queen he is trying to mark with a Posca for easy ID, and swears when #bees sting him
His videos are about inspecting his regular hives as opposed to bee removals from where they shouldn’t make hives, and he shows each frame he removes so it is interesting to learn what a healthy #beehive should be like
The ApiaristFoundation is getting more expensive. Try foundationless frames; save money and reduce miticide contamination in your hives.
https://theapiarist.org/foundationless-frames-redux/
#bees #beekeeping #beekeeper #apiarist #localhoney #varroa #honeybees
NEW POST: The science of identity ... how guard bees recognise nestmates, why drifting bees are accepted into other hives and why robbers are only sometimes rejected.
https://theapiarist.org/you-are-what-you-eat/
#bees #beekeeping #beekeeper #apiarist #localhoney #varroa #honeybees