High speed summary of Life inside the Beehive / Snabbspolning genom livet i bisamhället

[MarinosFilms]

This is a phenomenal video! Thank you @andersHQ !

[TheCsePower]

NOW LET'S BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[armanflint]

Very cool video.

[agentfloyd211]

i wanna kill it

[andersHQ]

@agentfloyd211

Well, yes, hhmm, I understand that you feel this urge to be recognized and confirmed, and, well, hhmm, I understand that you have few other options, so well, hhmm, i really value your input on the subject. Thank you!

[juliana2471]

Cool

[exhaustfire]

ive got a pre built bumble bee nest. soo i will film it in the summer! bees are awsome like this video

[MMBNM]

:D how do they make the hive?

[tzkelley]

Why do you think they swarmed? Seemed to have lots of space and it was their first year.

[thirteenfingers]

@tzkelley To quote Phil Chandler on the matter...

"Swarming is is an expansive, optimistic act, by which honeybees reproduce their colonies. When they feel prosperous, and the weather is set fair, and plentiful food is coming in, that is when the colony divides and half of it moves away to a new location."

Search google for the terms Swarming Is An Optimitstic Act and you'll see a reuslt from the biobees website (podcast page). Listen to the swarming podcast. It's a good one.

[tzkelley]

@thirteenfingers Thanks. I have Phil's book and listened to the podcast you refer to (and most of the rest of his excellent, earlier ones). Still, as a beekeeper myself, I know swarming is rare in the first year. Absconding on the other hand...

[thirteenfingers]

@tzkelley Glad you've got the book. it's a good one.

I had a feeling you might be a beekeeper... as you suggest, absconding wouldn't be unexpected... but a swarm...

I can only imagine that an actual swarm flying would be a sign of such a bumper season that even after so little time they felt optimistic enough to build up new queen cells and move on again... hence the quote.

Or maybe they've just got really bad genes and swarm at stupid times.

Are yours on top bars or frames?

[ChicaGOrilla4CHN]

Ahhh some of my fondest childhood memories included knocking down bee hives and running away *Sigh

[cocacolarocksalot]

EEEHH I DONT LIKE BEES!

[andersHQ]

Nice to see so many comments coming up.

And interesting to observe that we have different means to be seen and confirmed...;-)

[antraniga]

soooo thats where honey comb cereal comes from

[KillerKrax]

And now.....kill it witz FIRAAA!

[ALLFloridaBeeRemoval]

Very nice video, thanks!

[FRiKK3D]

Lol imagine spraying lighters fluid on that and throwing a match at it :0

[IamLukeSilz92]

WOW! this is pure gold! i find bees and yellow jackets and wasps to be some of the most intriguing creatures!

[509ballers]

lol im the first dislike<3

[WhyImHere619]

@509ballers hahha

[andersHQ]

Well, there were plenty of pollen and offspring, but not on the side facing the camera.

They built all in all 10 combs, and the "action" was mostly in the middle part. You can see in the film that building accelerated when the first new worker bees were hatched (is that the word?) roughly a month from the colonisation.

[nikmindage]

question in the space of three months there was no pollon, nectar or production of offspring visable within the comb. is there a reason for this? was it just a swarm and no queen?

[beltbuckleengineer]

i gasped



[Pahgon]

I hate honey, but I love bees :D

They're so interesting!

[The301trainman]

Wow very cool thx

[andersHQ]

Thanx!

It was fun too!

[neekrat]

simply amazing thank you



[neekrat]

simply amazing thank you

[andersHQ]

Thanx for the nice comments!

I used a 2 MP Logitech webcam via extension USB cable to a laptop. The hive has a glass pane separating the (small) camera compartment from the inhabited part. I also put a small low-energy light bulb i the camera compartment. I alternated between taking stills and video clips, both manually and controlled by timer. So basically there was nothing difficult or technically advanced... Just an opportunity to observe life's miracles close up and from the inside!

[Kryochrysalis]

What kinda camera did you use & how did you situate it? Is their a how to video of your documentation of this top bar hive? Fantastic documentation of the honey bee colony!

[yarimcgauley]

Great video, thanks

[wheels0503]

lol i dont think they can even get out they covered up the hole xD

[randomisnotgood]

Flight of bumblebee!