tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post8762937120830887188..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Inspecting Hives - This and ThatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-34142728767906491202012-05-21T17:26:26.042-04:002012-05-21T17:26:26.042-04:00Hi again. It was me that was unclear. I should'...Hi again. It was me that was unclear. I should've asked why the "nuc bees" not the "nuc" swarmed. In any case, thank you for explaining. My nuc bees swarmed from their hive as well. <br /><br />I'm beginning to think my nuc swarmed before I picked it up, too. The nuc wasn't crowded even though the supplier said it had been established for over a month. And when I looked at the pictures I took of the installation, I saw what looked like another (smaller) queen. <br /><br />We were able to capture the swarm, and it's a "kitten." I'm a terrible judge at numbers, but I'm guessing it was maybe 3 cups of bees.HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457255992295971802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-57047833553712761912012-05-21T14:40:03.972-04:002012-05-21T14:40:03.972-04:00I'm sorry - it wasn't clear in my communic...I'm sorry - it wasn't clear in my communication. The hive was installed from a nuc and then swarmed - the swarm emitted from the hive, not a nuc. Nucs, however, are usually prepared by a seller days in advance of their sale. In that crowded space, it would be natural for the bees to make queen cells and prepare to swarm. If a swarm decision has been made, moving them into a hive box will not necessarily change their minds. I think that is what happened in this instance.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-22113910817370460192012-05-21T14:26:15.208-04:002012-05-21T14:26:15.208-04:00Linda, is it unusual for nucs to swarm? Why do you...Linda, is it unusual for nucs to swarm? Why do you think the Stonehurst nuc swarmed? I am very curious, because my nuc swarmed the day after I installed them.HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457255992295971802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-41062894385895752972012-05-16T23:45:03.835-04:002012-05-16T23:45:03.835-04:00I think they eat mites, too.I think they eat mites, too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467992643178409896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-40918877298356123342012-05-16T23:22:46.889-04:002012-05-16T23:22:46.889-04:00I appreciate that - I should know that honey bees ...I appreciate that - I should know that honey bees are arthropods - I think more of beetles. So I appreciate the biologist perspective and stand corrected - and have learned something.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-78426723971111119842012-05-16T23:21:03.463-04:002012-05-16T23:21:03.463-04:00"They eat arthropods, plants and ripe fruit -..."They eat arthropods, plants and ripe fruit - none of which describes the honey bee,..."<br /><br />Not to nitpick, but honeybees are arthropods. An arthropod is any member of the phylum Arthropoda. Which is basically any invertebrate with an exoskeleton and a segmented body. Including earwigs and honeybee. Though I think earwigs would probably go after smaller prey. Sorry I am a biologist. :O)Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-86919174742452723112012-05-16T10:19:58.252-04:002012-05-16T10:19:58.252-04:00I love the thought that they will eat the small hi...I love the thought that they will eat the small hive beetle - it does have an exoskeleton and that's what they like - so now I will greet them with more acceptance and openness - after all, they are potentially helping the bees with a pest.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-83106112475692795142012-05-16T09:40:30.053-04:002012-05-16T09:40:30.053-04:00Funny you posted about the earwigs, I've notic...Funny you posted about the earwigs, I've noticed the same thing (I only have 2 hives). And they give me the heebie-jeebies, but my chickens love them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-74205364328879124482012-05-16T09:35:51.851-04:002012-05-16T09:35:51.851-04:00I always have a few earwings in my hive up here in...I always have a few earwings in my hive up here in Maryland. I tell myself that they eat the small hive beetles I sometimes see running around. (As I never see more than one or two I tell myself this must be why)<br /><br />-Pamillissemorsirionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312854436949133540noreply@blogger.com