Here is a short video of one bee colony cleaning the outside of their hive.
Honeybees are very clean insects and work at keeping their home clean just like you and I would. As you watch this video, you will see many of the worker bees walking around--seemingly "sniffing" and "searching" the area. They are in cleaning mode and search for microscopic pieces of wax, bee parts, sugar crystals or anything else that may have found its way into (or in this case on the doorstep) of their home.
The bees pick up the small bits and pieces of debris and remove them from the hive. In the winter, if it is too cold for the bees to leave their hive, they will stack up the trash by the door and take it out when it is warm enough. Sounds almost human to me.
*If you watch carefully, you will see other worker bees coming into the hive with full pollen baskets on their legs
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This is so mesmerizing. I could watch for hours.
Same!
Lol these are huge bees, or you have zoomed it :D
I understand that they are African bees hehe
Ooh lala
Definitely zoomed in. That would be cool if they were huge, think how much honey I would get.
Yeah and dont know what they would eat, a chicken for a time
I should have married a Bee, maybe I will, the last 2 wives where useless at tidying up. Is James OK?
Hahahah, that is really good. I think my wife wishes she married a bee. I do manage to wash the dishes every night, but other than that I'm a bit crap around the house.
I'm glad you asked about James. I've been wrestling big time with two alternate endings for the story. I think I have it all figured out now--the danger of writing on the fly is sometimes you write yourself into a bit of a corner--so he should start making his appearance again early next week. Sorry about the delay on "The Hunt".
I watched a program last night on TV, about an author being murdered, it was just fiction, but he always wrote the end to his stories first, his famous quote was, a "A great story always starts with a good ending."
Yeah, I need to do that. One of my favorite (maybe top twenty or so) authors wrote a 15 book series called The Wheel of Time. His name was Robert Jordan. Then, three books before finishing the series, he died. They brought in another author to finish the series, and he did a reasonably good job, but it just wasn't quite the same. I hope I don't die this weekend before I can post the rest of The Hunt. ;)
Also--not sure if you saw on steemit.chat, our project will be delayed by either a day or a week. Sorry about that, work pressures and all.
Great one @bigpanda.
That is very kind of you--thanks!
This is so so so cool! bees are very interesting on how they work together as a team. Did you use a beekeeping suit when videoing this?
I think it is neat they work together as well--it fascinates me they are so coordinated in their efforts. I did not use a beekeeping suit when shooting this video. Unless I'm opening the hive, I never wear a suit near the hives--the bees are extremely docile and unless you make loud sounds or move too fast, they just leave you alone.
Oh I see, you're a very brave person. There was this time that I was bitten by a bee coz whistling. OMG it really hurts. I am very excited on your upcoming beekeeping videos @bigpanda:)
I'm so sorry you were stung by a bee--that always puts a damper on your day. They can be startled, I wonder if you whistling scared the bee for some reason.
I think so and got annoyed for some reason. :(, maybe you can film the queen bee, is she hiding on her bee hive?
She definitely is in the middle somewhere. This spring, when it warms up, I will shoot some video of the inside of the hive. I don't want to do it yet, because the poor bees will get too cold. It's fun to find the queen, she walks around laying eggs all day--sometimes as many as 2000 each day.
phobia can give me if I get to find the queen.... :(
That's so cool. Yes, Spring would be the best idea. This interest me a lot:)
Now, this is new. Cleaning up their front yard. I did not know they were actually this clean!
This is actually amazing. From a new bee-kinda-carefully-fan point of view.
How could I not "Bee" happy with this.
@bigpanda You if that loves the bees, is interesting to learn of them. Thank you for sharing his experience with us. I wish him a happy weekend
Thanks for the post! I can't watch video now because of internet restriction on work :) I will watch a few hours later.
Darn internet restrictions. :) .. Hope you love the video when you get the chance to watch it.
I have watched, they are hard worker :) Thank you again.
Thats very interesting. They are very beautiful insects. Thank you for sharing :)
I think so as well. Thanks for stopping by today @hanen. Hope your coffee was delicious this morning.
Yes nothing better than a coffee :)
Love watching bees at the hives, kinda relaxing and watching them bring in t pollen and fanning. Thanks for sharing.
Love this post. If I learned anything from this my wife will bee 🐝 very happy lol 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Resteemed
I'm so glad you loved it--and thanks for the resteem--much appreciated.
No problem I am building a homestead and I will always support others. 🐝🐝
bees are animals that have many benefits, if I may know if it has you @bigpanda
Yes they do have many benefits--Thanks for stopping by today.
same as my friend @bigpanda i will always follow you because you give new insight for me, thanks friend.
Thanks a lot for your valuable post sharing...... i like this post and also like your dtubbe channel, best of luck my dear.........
Thank you.
Most welcome
They are quite fascinating to be honest. Good post.
Thanks so much. I find them so very fascinating--I'm glad you do as well.
Bee is a hard worker that work until the last breath. Thanks @bigpanda for sharing. :-)
Its Very help full post. thanks for sharing this video us.@bigpanda i love this.
Great
Great One., @bigpanda keep it up.
so nice pic thnx for sharing these beauties of nature
amazing bee,,
really helpful and gud video their are some great tips in it love it !
Glad you like it. Thanks.
Fun looking at them but i don't know if i could keep bees. I still get scared of bees.
I'm glad you enjoyed watching them at least, even if you are a bit scared of the bees. They are so fun to watch--sometimes I just sit and watch them fly in and out of their hive.
Maybe it takes me some courages to watch them in a little distance.
Wonderful . Good video and thank you for sharing ❤️
Thanks! I'm so glad you thought it wonderful.
Thank you honey bees like other living things affected by the surrounding weather and food, so beekeepers should be familiar with the behavior of bees in the four seasons so that he can make the right decisions to help the bee community to maintain its strength and get a plethora of products of the cell, The cell has a significant impact on the stability of the health of the cell and its strength and productive efficiency
Yes, they are very important.
If the product is great honey we want to taste the honey it produced😋😋😋😋
It's very helpful post. thank you for helping us.your bees art is really good.keep it up
Thanks, bees are so very wonderful. They are a bit like nature's art--aren't they?
yes.... they are also an important element of the environment and when they all fly together they seem to be going to the army
wow!amazing post..i appreciate your blog,i like dtube channel..thanks for share...
woooo that's super sketchy lol
Thats very interesting. They are lovely. Thank you for this wonderful post
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This reminds me of when i was a kid me and the others boys in the nieghborhood decided to go steal some honey from the farm nearby, we were in over our heads and thank god the keeper had mercy and saved us 😂 he then sliced a comb up and gave us a decent portion then he said as punishment i want you to eat all of it now, i thought it was a simple request but pure honey is so overwhelming 👀 it seemed endless rynning out of the comb had no choice but to run off😂 respected bees ever since👍
My parents are keeping two bee colonies. I'm to scared to come close to them, but I absolutely love the honey :=)
Very cool my dear friend!
This hum and noise personally calms me always. It's very interesting to see how these little creatures work. Industriousness is their main thing in life !!!
Saw pollen!))) Many do not know, but pollen is a very healthy product.
I myself love to spoon a little with honey on top of a little pollen and eat))) This is very useful!
Thanks for the article, @bigpanda!
The method you have shared is the unique one. Hope so that i will try to catch out bees :) Have waited for the third part.. Thanks for sharing this, thumbs up for you...
Hive, do not get close. When I was a child, I tried mixing inside with the wood stick. It is so painful man : )
thanks foh this video amazing creature on earth
I didn't know that bees clean their home. It's so funny and cute at the same time. Great video! :)
Great video! Have a nice day!
Great work dear found interesting.
You are doing amazing work bro thanks alot for ur efforts.
these bees reminded me of the movie "my first kiss" when the child dies from African bee stings.
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im so amazed of this video you've shared @bigpanda now i know that the Bee's is very hardworking.
Haha. I beelieve this!! I love bees and honey. Great post.
Very good post my friend.
My father-in-law has been raising bees for years. He's like a living how to guide. Glad to see any one who has the ability to keep bees. I had a hive last year, but the colony left after winter. I think they ran out of food and to go. Thank's for the post and enjoy that honey.
I had no idea someone is doing social insects on Steemit! This is worth watching.
Nice work!
Hey,
Nice channel, I am a beekeeper too and I just subscribed.
But in Germany it is still winter :-(