I think my bees must read my blog. No sooner do I post that the nectar flow is slowing, based on my observation of the tulip poplars and blackberry bushes around here, but the bees show me that I must be wrong.
I came home the next day around 2:00 and the bees at both hives were falling all over themselves as they landed in the entry to the hive. So many bees were coming and going that stepping into the flight pattern was hazardous: a guaranteed bee-in-the-hair.
If you enlarge the picture below, you can see the little golden bodies speeding through the air on their way to and from Colony Square.
At the front door bees were landing on top of each other and pushing through other bees on their way to the hive entrance.
Even though Lenox Pointe is not as vigorous, they were exhibiting the same behavior.
So, shut my mouth, I take it back. The flow isn't thinking of slowing yet. They aren't gathering tulip poplar and blackberry but something very light is being brought into the hives by the bucket.
I came home the next day around 2:00 and the bees at both hives were falling all over themselves as they landed in the entry to the hive. So many bees were coming and going that stepping into the flight pattern was hazardous: a guaranteed bee-in-the-hair.
If you enlarge the picture below, you can see the little golden bodies speeding through the air on their way to and from Colony Square.
At the front door bees were landing on top of each other and pushing through other bees on their way to the hive entrance.
Even though Lenox Pointe is not as vigorous, they were exhibiting the same behavior.
So, shut my mouth, I take it back. The flow isn't thinking of slowing yet. They aren't gathering tulip poplar and blackberry but something very light is being brought into the hives by the bucket.
Phew! I was worried there; we just harvested honey...
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