Bees choose their location and build
their nests for their convenience. Thus,
nests are often high up or in a hard to reach place. They will usually choose a protected
space, such as a hollow in a rock or tree, and inner construction is
organized in a similar way to the artificial hive with parallel,vertically laid out sections of honeycomb.
Cells are built with a plan in mind – from bottom to top, you will find cells that will
house queen, drone, then worker brood cells. Storage of pollen and honey
can be found above these. A honey bee colony can consist of between 40,000 to 80,000 bees.
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| Bee invasion in the Sunshine State - LINK |
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| Honeycomb exposed after the porch ceiling was cut away. Photo by Richard Burkhart/Savannah Mornign News - LINK |
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| Honeycomb removed from a ceiling in Denver - LINK |
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| Honey bee hive in a Tampa home - LINK |
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| Honey bee colony located above a dining room ceiling in Jacksonville, FL - LINK |
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| Close-up of a comb in a ceiling - LINK |
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| Bee colony in Coopersberg - LINK |
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| Hive in a large pine home - LINK |
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| Exposed colony in the ceiling - LINK |
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| 6-7 foot tall colony in a house scheduled for demolition - LINK |
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| Bee colony in a Florida attic - LINK |
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| Attic bee colony - LINK |
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| A couple investigating brown liquid seeping through the ceiling of a
Brisbane, Australia, house were shocked when it turned out to be honey
from a massive bee colony - LINK |
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I love these photos, specially this one, as the absence of bees leaves us to contemplate the forms to its fullest: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_e72FLP1sI/UA7g23JLUsI/AAAAAAAAKKg/Og6MBuGQCSk/s1600/IMG_0095%5B1%5D.JPG
ReplyDeletebecause it shows the perfect figures of nature, beautiful, yet so much natural perfection is also terrifying.
we had them doing this in the side of my house were some bolts had been holding up a hose holder, someone had stolen the holder and the bolts and the bees moved in shortly after, we had to smoke them out and seal it.
ReplyDeleteI love the intentional (seemingly) hives hanging from the ceiling. What a wonderful and creative idea.
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