We noticed that the queen cup that was in the middle of the frame is gone now. Not sure why?
Also, there were about twelve queen cups at the bottom, we couldn't tell if they were raising queens in there but they weren't capped. Hopefully we have prevented a swarm by adding the other box, but if they want to swarm, they will swarm.
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June 14th 2012: J found this article on the Honey Bee Society Facebook Page:
"Important new study on bees:
A careful new study from Switzerland by Daniel Favre, published online April 13, 2011, demonstrates the effects of cell phones on honeybees.
More than 80 sound recordings were taken from 5 different hives during February through June 2009. A cell phone was place in the hives near the bees. When the cell phone was off, or on standby mode, the bees were not disturbed. When the cell phone was turned on, the effect was dramatic: within 25 to 40 minutes the sounds made by the bees increased in intensity and frequency, producing the “worker piping signal.” If the cell phone was turned off immediately, the bees calmed down within 2 or 3 minutes. If the cell phone was left on for 20 hours and then turned off, the piping signal continued for up to 12 hours more. The effect was consistent and repeatable.
Worker piping is usually produced by bees preparing to leave the hive in a swarm.
The author refers to another study recently done in India. In that study, when a mobile phone was kept continuously on near a beehive it resulted in collapse of the colony in 5 to 10 days, with the worker bees failing to return home.
Information Copied From: http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/?page_id=672
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First Bee Tool Box for Small Hive Tools etc.
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The Smoker
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Opening the Hive
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Smoking the bees so they will stay calm and retreat into the hive. You can tell when the smoke stops working because the bees start buzzing loudly.
Pulling comb on our frame! Yay they are moving outward.
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Brood
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Bees Near the Entance
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| The Entrance Blocker on The Revolutionaries |
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| Red Hive = Revolutionaries |
Opening them up, they were actually the first ones we opened, but I call them Hive #2 because I decided to rank them by size.
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| Opening the Revolutionaries |
Moving them in the dark and in the damp weather because it was our most practical option.
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| Transferring the Nuc into the Hive |
Four new frames of bees! We put them in the middle because they bees build out and up.
Good thing J's mom was there because we got locked out of the car! Apparently bees don't like cell phones (?) and so we left them in the car. In an effort to be quick J dropped the keys in the trunk and closed it!! lol
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