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LaFrogYay! My old <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rosemary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rosemary</a> is in the blooms after some years of pausing. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> will love it.

The_CaretakerThe Swarm of Western Honey Bees I found and caught today. It was hard getting them into a box. I wish they had been on a tree branch instead of in the weeds. Tomorrow they go to my hive box hidden in the forest. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BeeKeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeKeeping</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tokyo</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a>

The_CaretakerI found a swarm of bees on the ground when I went to take pictures of some beehives. This is my first time seeing a bee swarm. This little bee farm is 7.5 KM from my house. When I found the swarm I knew I had to try and catch them. I rode my bicycle back home got a box, some screen and some tape. I eventually got the bees and got them home after dark. Total 30 KM on the bike. Tomorrow they go to my hive. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BeeKeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeKeeping</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tokyo</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a><a href="https://pixelfed.tokyo/p/The_Caretaker/815567347776545050" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pixelfed.tokyo/p/The_Caretaker/815567347776545050</a>

The Bee GuyEarly! And you know what they say… See post 2 attached if you don’t!theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 88In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company/producer of grass seed, to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/clover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clover</a> a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weed</a>. It wasn’t. It isn’t. Chemical weed killers are <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poisons</a>. PR that. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> 1/2

Frosch B<a href="https://photog.social/@FotoVorschlag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FotoVorschlag</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/FotoVorschlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FotoVorschlag</a> 'dinge die mit p beginnen oder so aussehen'p wie plüschpopo<a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/insekten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insekten</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/bienen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bienen</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/hummel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hummel</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/krabbeltierchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#krabbeltierchen</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/wildbienen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildbienen</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/AuwaldRunde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuwaldRunde</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/MakroMittwoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MakroMittwoch</a>

LadylullabunkBees love Blue bugleweed. I love it as a ground cover 😍 <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spring</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/groundcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groundcover</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

LaurBees <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#color</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/closeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#closeup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beautiful</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#picture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#image</a>

LaurBees <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/closeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#closeup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beautiful</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#picture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#image</a>

TomA short bee video after lots of beekeeping things today. Not a lot of pollen but it only got up to 53F/12C today and no sun until late afternoon.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeVideo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeMovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeMovie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a>

TomLots of bees gathering water after the rain, I guess this leaf provided something tasty.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a>

Tom<a href="https://epicure.social/@Pollinators" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Pollinators</a> I looked it up to be sure and it's the Lorenzo Langstroth's 1861 book Hive and the Honey Bee, which is the third edition. It was not in the first edition.Copy of it here:<a href="https://archive.org/details/practicaltreati00langa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/practicaltreati00langa</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bivouac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bivouac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

Mazz@1984<a href="https://aus.social/@feather1952" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@feather1952</a> Yes - it's a tragedy. In my local area there are still essentially no bees and haven't been for a couple of years now. I'm elated on my walks to ever see them in other areas. Here at home, I had one and then two little bees visiting my flowering parsley a few months ago so I didn't disturb them. They have disappeared and I haven't seen any more here. Pretty concerning 👀 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewcastleNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewcastleNSW</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a>

TomI made bee swarm bivouacs. It's an old branch with a black sock attached to piece of plywood. The sock is coated with dirty beeswax and some lemongrass oil added. I put them in the closest trees to the hives. I guess the idea it to make it look like cluster of bees so they gather up there if they leave MY hives, instead of 100 feet up in a tree, so they can be captured. It's mentioned in the 1861 Hive and the Honey Bee book by Lorenzo Langstroth.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bivouac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bivouac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a>

Mazz@1984:blob_cat_ohnoes: Oh no! <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VarroaMite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VarroaMite</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> Varroa mite detected in ACT raises bee industry concerns | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT <a href="https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8936395/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8936395/</a>

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓I installed my liquid feeder on the hive a few minutes ago. I'm glad because it will help jumpstart the production of comb for storage and baby bees. 🐝🐝🐝 They seem to have enjoyed their sugar block though.I'm getting pretty good at lighting the smoker and producing thick, cool smoke. I'm using a blend of cedar chips and burlap. The bees don't seem to mind me at all. I'll check on Bee Arthur this weekend.Have a good evening! 🌆 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarpHives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarpHives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

TomI took the new hive and I divided it vertically to make two 5-frame bait hives. I had a deep sized divider so I just made another one with the ability for the upper one to slot into it. It should work and I can put frames in the lower box too if I want to keep it divided this way for longer.Now we wait for warmer, drier, less windy weather.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SwarmTrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SwarmTrap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaitHive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BaitHive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a>

TomThe bait hive, or swarm trap, is set. Lemongrass oil put on the cotton ball in a little plastic bag and it hangs between the first two frames. I rub propolis on all the top bar sides, and I rub saved comb wax from hive inspections that hasn't been rendered on all the foundations. I don't have extra brood comb to use.This sits at about eye level behind my hives under a little pine tree.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SwarmTrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SwarmTrap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaitHive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BaitHive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a>

TomI spotted the first migratory hives across the river so I guess it's time to put out some bait hives / swarm traps. Looks like a stack of 8 hives. These are apples but I imagine the cherries down river probably have hives too since they'll be blooming first.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a>

The Bee GuyLate. Yep! Out sitting with the queens in the sunshine. And my what a lot of queens there are. Place is literally humming.‘They got a message from the Action Man We’re humming hope you’re humming too…’ <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bowie</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 87<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumblebees</a> leave a scent mark (a sticky secretion) behind whenever they land on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> and can distinguish between their own scent marks, those left by fellow nest-mates and those left behind by <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> from other colonies.

Vivek NityanandaA recent paper argued that bees trade off reward to avoid pain. Jenny Read and I re-analyzed their data and argue that the paper's analysis is flawed. We've written up a constructive critique of the work with some modelling and recommendations.Read on: <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647054v2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647054v2</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

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