#hive-173511Unmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutssolominer in #hive-173511 • 2 days agoA forest buffetIt seems the longer these sugar water feeders are out in the forest, the more life that discovers them. When I first placed the buckets out, only the honey bees found them. But…steevc in #hive-173511 • 5 days agoThe Garden is BuzzingOur garden has really come to life in recent weeks. Lots of flowers are coming out and I do not even know what they are all called. I do know poppies when I see them though. We…deltasteem in #hive-173511 • 6 days agoSuch beautiful wild nectar insects.This week I had many opportunities to go back to playinsolominer in #hive-173511 • 16 days agoHad a close call with my honey beesWhile feeding sugar water to my bees, I dropped the bucket on a few dozen bees. And amazingly they did not sting me. When I go over to their secondary feeders I do not wear my…steevc in #hive-173511 • last monthThe bees are getting stuck inI have been keeping an eye on the tubes I put out for solitary bees to lay their eggs in. This week I saw the first one had been plugged up. I am trying to make atinta-tertuang in #hive-173511 • 8 days agoMoth-based insect butterfly !The heliotrope moth is a kind of butterfly that has a longer body with mixed color patterns. Moths are a division of arthropods that generally hunt for pollen on each flower petal, these pollen isolominer in #hive-173511 • 8 days agoHoney bees Month 2: Hive cross comb and a splitIt has been a few months since I have posted an update on my Honey bees. They are doing great, so well in fact they were planning on swarming. That can happen when a hive…solominer in #hive-173511 • last monthSomething has been chewing on my sugar water feedersI came to the bee site to check on their sugar water levels and I found this. Some animal appears to have chewed through some of this buckets edge. I think a squirrel did this…solominer in #hive-173511 • 24 days agoBehavior of Mason bees right before a rainstormWe had a rainstorm come in during the peak of this solitary bee season. The little bees up till the rain started were still foraging for pollen, nectar and mud. But once the rain…
