Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

[Mimi13]

And my carniolansView attachment 1904621

GORGEOUS!

 

[aart]

The ones with the yellow and black butts are the workers (females). The ones with the solid black butts are males or drones.

Thank You! I did not get that part answered in the insect ID group.

 

[WthrLady]

And drones have giant eyes.

 

[Mimi13]

Wow! So much wonderful information that I’ve received. Thank you all, @ewok126, @Apis mellifera, and @WthrLady.

@WthrLady, that one pic of your hard working girl is just beautiful. But of course I love the color purple too. And your picture of the hive is wonderful. Maybe I will have one of those next year. My bee curiosity and anxiousness is building.

@Apis mellifera, I LOVE all the in-depth information. For whatever reason I crave the minute details. That’s why I should have been a scientist I guess. Keep it coming, I love it. Thank you. Another kind of techie question. Is it usual that all these bees I’m seeing gathering water together would be from the same colony or could they be from different colonies? They all seem amiable with each other. I’ve even noticed with some of them that they will touch each other (their heads) similar to what I’ve seen ants do as they travel back and forth. I have guessed the ants are smelling pheromones to make sure they are still working for the correct colony. I did have another question, but I have forgotten. That’s another wonderful gift my birthdays have given me, again and again and again. Is there a book that you would recommend that explains some of the subjects you highlighted, like the different types of honey cappings? Oh, I remembered my earlier question. I was watching a video (Les Crowder) pulling eggs and placing them in a queen bar (?) in efforts to grow out more queens. What if some of the eggs he chose happened to be unfertilized? What would an actual drone turn out to be like if he had been brooded as a queen-to-be? Would he just die, or what? Again, just a thought that peaked my curiosity as I was watching the video.

@ewok126, thank you for the pictures. It is amazing you can hand feed the bees. In your picture, which I have marked up, there is a third bee that looks differently.

You explained the two bees (circled in green) to be workers and the darker bee (in blue) as a drone. What would the little, almost solid gold (in red) bee be? Possibly a new hatch that hasn’t “darkened” yet? I was just curious.

Again, thanks to all.

 

[Mimi13]

Thank You! I did not get that part answered in the insect ID group.

Did your group have any other ideas, etc.?

 

[WthrLady]

Baby bees are so cute and fuzzy wuzzy!

 

[Mimi13]

And drones have giant eyes.

I guess they need to be able to see that ‘sweet object’ they’re after flying around! It’ll be the last thing they see! Oh, I kill me! I couldn’t resist.

 

[Mimi13]

Baby bees are so cute and fuzzy wuzzy!

I believe everything baby is adorable!

 

[WthrLady]

Everytime I see a drone I imagine Animal from the muppets. Woman,Woman,Woman!

 

[aart]

Did your group have any other ideas, etc.?

Only got one response, then post got buried(not unusual).
But no need with @ewok126 on board here.