Sunday, July 7, 2013

The bee colony in their new home


Yesterday the bees were brought in the evening to their new home. We think that we chose quite a good place vor them.
Under a tree, protected from wind and too much son, in direction south. The bees have room for their descent and landing. Water isn't too far, as it happens, they usually pass it when starting and landing.
Here we are starting with the set-up:

Since there are a couple of animals who might be interested in the yummy bee food, especially mice, we have put the bee hive a little bit higher. The entrance hole is set on small for the security of the bees. When watching it, we noted, that there often is one bee at the entrance which has a kind of guardian function. It seems like she also directs the traffic with her antennae for avoiding collisions.



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