The Wally-Gee Bee Journey 🐝

[WallyG74]

I got a cute gift of local honey yesterday. It's a lot lighter than I thought it would bee(see what I did there?) Seriously though, does the honey get darker later in the season or does it depend on the flowers that are around?View attachment 3507775

Good question. I’m not an expert, but I would think it had to do with the kind of nectar and pollen that they are finding. I think the longer honey stays in the comb it will start to get darker, but don’t quote me on that.

 

[tripletfeb]

We had a guy in 4H who bred bees and goats. His family always said the honey color depended on what plant the nectar came from

That's what I figured

Good question. I’m not an expert, but I would think it had to do with the kind of nectar and pollen that they are finding. I think the longer honey stays in the comb it will start to get darker, but don’t quote me on that.

Interesting

 

[ColtHandorf]

I sit and watch them impatiently every evening.

Impatiently? What are you wanting them to do? lol

I got a cute gift of local honey yesterday. It's a lot lighter than I thought it would bee(see what I did there?) Seriously though, does the honey get darker later in the season or does it depend on the flowers that are around?View attachment 3507775

I think it's dependent on the plants the pollen is collected from, if I'm not mistaken. I'm no expert, though.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What are you wanting them to do?

Their jobs?

 

[WallyG74]

Impatiently? What are you wanting them to do? lol

I don’t know! Bring me a cup of honey???

 

[Hayden Goseek]

There are beeing as hard and efficiently as they can bee!
I sit and watch them impatiently every evening.

We all know construction takes longer than estimated.

 

[ColtHandorf]

We all know construction take longer than estimated.

Mhmm.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

I've been following this guy for years and he tells a good story.
The first one is on the history of bees.
The second is about that other critter everyone seems to be enamored with, chickens.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=history+guy+chickens

 

[WallyG74]

I watched 2 bees drag this out and chunk it off the front porch of the hive. This tells me I should have some emerging brood very soon!

 

[Sally PB]

Can you tell how it died? No sign of varroa mites, I hope.