Tag Archives: BEE NESTS

Harvesting Wild Bees.

26th September 2012: The rain stopped for long enough to enable Brenda and David to remove the honey bees and their nest from the hawthorn tree, and to place them in a covered wooden container specially made for situation such as … Continue reading

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Beeware!

24th September 2012: The weather over the last two days has been horrendous. It has rained very heavily for twenty-four hours. Not a long time, but long enough to, more or less, fill pools and ponds that had been previously emptied. … Continue reading

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Bee Nest Update.

23rd September 2012: It was pouring with rain when I arrived at the nest early this afternoon. The bees were huddled on the southern and western sides and in between the combs, out of the driving rain. This presented an opportunity to … Continue reading

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More bee images! The same bees, I’m afraid.

19th September 2012: I am not happy with the images in my previous two bee nest related posts. It has not been easy to achieve decent results with my 150 – 500 mm Sigma lens. I might be more successful if … Continue reading

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Busy Bees.

17th September 2012: I took a few more shots of the bee nest today, just in case someone or something destroys it. I moved in quite close to the nest bees were buzzing around my head, but none attacked or … Continue reading

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Bee Nest.

16th September 2012: I came across this bee nest whilst poking about under a hawthorn tree this morning.

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Wilden Marsh: March in Hoo Wood and Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve – Part 2.

WEDNESDAY  16 MARCH – 18:12: On Sunday I noticed four wild bee nests: one in Hoo Wood, one further along at the rear of the Roxel site and two at the lagoon side of the north marsh pond. The nest at … Continue reading

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