Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Empty hive placed at 3 meters above ground level to attract a swarm.
Entrance facing south-east.
Entrance facing south-east.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
I detached the empty hive, as there are no more swarms to expect this year.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Empty hive attached to a tree .
Mixture of wax/propolis applied outside around the hive entrance to attract a swarm.
Mixture of wax/propolis applied outside around the hive entrance to attract a swarm.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
The still empty hive was brought to a new place and package bees from a local beekeeper were put into it. Red queen from 2018. Candi (1 kg) was placed on the bootom of the hive.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
The hive is exposed to full sun in the afternoon of a hot day. Bees are clustering around the hive entrance. Bees also ventilate on the outer wall of the hive.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Bees are clustering outside the the hive in the late afternoon of a hot day at 36 °C.
The hive gets sun in the afternoon.
An Asian hornet was flying away with a bee it had captures just before I arrived.
There is an European honet beneath the hive at the beginning of the video, as well as some flies.
The hive gets sun in the afternoon.
An Asian hornet was flying away with a bee it had captures just before I arrived.
There is an European honet beneath the hive at the beginning of the video, as well as some flies.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Up to 2 Asian hornets and 1 European hornet are chasing bees at the same time next to the hive entrance.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
Aeral view of hive 02, hive 05 and hive 06.
Re: Hive 02 [France, Brittany]
The colony is still alive : forage activity (including pollen).
I observed a asian hornet that crawled around the hive entrance and finally catched a bee while still walking (not by stationary flight as usual).
I observed a asian hornet that crawled around the hive entrance and finally catched a bee while still walking (not by stationary flight as usual).