Bees (that are not our bees) took over the shed. My daughter (a beekeeper) had to remove them. As she was working, a small child passing on a trike looked terrified and shouted 'Bee Men!'.
As always, whenever I try to do anything outside, Zoey wants to get right in the middle of it. 🙄 I was oiling a new queen excluder and two new deep supers for the second new #beehive. #Beekeeping#Bees#Honey#CatsOfMastodon
I live with my 2 ex-husbands (not a sex thing, a mutual support and respect thing) & our 2 daughters.
I'll be 5 years #sober this year & I am a #therapy veteran. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with #ADHD & I now suspect #ASD too. I'm learning to lean into my #neurodiversity & the necessity of a quiet & carefully curated life.
Have you heard of the waggle dance? It’s how bees communicate the location of a pollen/nectar source. And it’s really cute. 🐝🐝🐝 #BeeKeeping#ObservationHive
New comb on the front frame: on the left is honey and pollen, the middle is mostly worker brood with a few larger drone cells, and the newest comb on the right is all larger drone comb which the queen started laying in today 🐝🐝🐝✨#BeeKeeping#HoneyBees
For my international audience (because i can't believe my #German audience could have missed this).
After the recent #antifascist#antifa demonstations there has been a popularisation of the #antifasticker meme. People from all walks of live appropriate symbols from their lived experience and combine it with the antifascist logo for something amusing. Here are some samples with alt-texts providing a translation/explanation. A thread 🧵1/10 : #WorkerRights #colorblind#nyancat#cthulhu
Our first Autumn with a beehive. Lots of learning has culminated in our first honey harvest. The bees have done their thing despite our bumbling efforts. Up next: learning to make mead! #FairyBootFarm#Beekeeping#FlowHive
Can #beekeeping people here offer some advice or suggest some resources to get started? My late grandpa had several hives some years ago and I would like to give it a shot.
I could have a hive or two at an allotment garden or a balcony, both at suburbs but with a fair amount of greenery and flowers. Thankful for any advice! #beekeepingforbeginners#beekeepers#honey
Today is a warm #autumn day with little to no wind. Took the opportunity to feed the #bees some nectar. 🐝🐝🐝 They look like they are doing well. #beekeeping
Bees appear to have noticed that the heat has let up. Production has increased. Babies look good. No sign of swarming, but signs of a possible insurrection coming. TONS of beetles on the swiffer pads. Looks to be a good fall harvest. #beekeeping#hiveblogging#BzzzFeed#HivesOfMastodon
While reviewing a couple of hours of video from today, I did see some bees leave and the same or others come back. Maybe the new sign above the entrance is helping or it's just nurse bees assigned to foraging so they don't have a clue where home is and actually pay attention to the entrance.