I swear I will be taking up new hobbies soon...for those of you sick of bee posts! Aaron takes his board exam this Friday, and my last one is Saturday. I'm hoping to resume a normal life after that.
We were thrilled today to find lots of larvae! That means the queen is doing her job and soon our hive will be bigger and better. Some of the brood has been capped as you can see below. This, oddly enough, is called "capped brood". This capping looks a little different than the honey that has been capped, it is a different color and it has breathing holes.
We were thrilled today to find lots of larvae! That means the queen is doing her job and soon our hive will be bigger and better. Some of the brood has been capped as you can see below. This, oddly enough, is called "capped brood". This capping looks a little different than the honey that has been capped, it is a different color and it has breathing holes.
Lots of chubby, healthy larvae! The nurse bees feed each larva 1,300 times per day! You can see a nurse bee feeding a larva above on the upper right. After 5 days they are 1,570 times larger than they started out, at this time, they are capped and begin metamorphosis to becoming an adult bee. I'm very excited because next week when we open them up, we might get lucky enough to see one emerge - bee birth!
3 comments:
I love these posts... Are you going to get rid of that spider yet? :) he's so scary! These bees look nicer!
A bee nurse and bee birth! love it.
I find these posts intriguing!
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