Help, we’re being robbed!

Tending God’s lovely creation

  • Help, we’re being robbed!
    Help, we’re being robbed!
  • Three nucleus colonies gaining strength to be added to the apiary.
    Three nucleus colonies gaining strength to be added to the apiary.
  • Providing an extra source of food for a weak nucleus. COURTESY PHOTOS
    Providing an extra source of food for a weak nucleus. COURTESY PHOTOS
Honeybees are opportunists. The scout bees fly out of the hive each morning and use their sense of smell to locate nectar sources. They take a sample back and “dance” for other honeybees in order to recruit more foragers to their found source of carbohydrate. The dance communicates the resources’ proximity to the hive and the sugar concentration; closer, more, and better wins more recruits. This…

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