Hive on a TV in Orange County, CA

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Daniel Sullivan

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Apr 28, 2017, 11:51:35 AM4/28/17
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A friend out in Orange County, CA just texted me these pics from someone's backyard shelter after removing a cover from an outdoor TV.

Pretty amazing!



harold steinberg

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Apr 28, 2017, 12:00:53 PM4/28/17
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look at the number of swarm cells (queen cells) and think of how many swarms they could of or did cast off.

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Greg V

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Apr 28, 2017, 12:09:35 PM4/28/17
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And also look at how consistently non-vertical the combs are.
Perfectly normal and natural to build at an angle.
UNLESS, the structure itself is ready to fall sideways!

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look at the number of swarm cells (queen cells) and think of how many swarms they could of or did cast off.
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A friend out in Orange County, CA just texted me these pics from someone's backyard shelter after removing a cover from an outdoor TV.

Pretty amazing!




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Joseph Bessetti

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Apr 28, 2017, 12:15:33 PM4/28/17
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What I notice is how tightly spaced the combs are.  The spacing in natural-drawn comb is always tighter than the spacing bees are forced to use with standard frames in most hives. 


Joe



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Greg V

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Apr 28, 2017, 12:22:57 PM4/28/17
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Well, it is impossible to say what the actual spacing is without a ruler included in the picture (measured in millimeters). Could be anything. But surely, it is as natural as it can be.

Just another day I did measure actual comb spacing in a non-managed dead-out. The numbers were all over in the range of 30 mm to 40 mm. That was a case of some messy, messy colony. The picture colony here, on the other hand, is just that - picture-perfect.

Matt H

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Apr 28, 2017, 5:00:09 PM4/28/17
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Maybe they watched the Nature Channel all day


On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 11:22:57 AM UTC-5, Greg V wrote:
Well, it is impossible to say what the actual spacing is without a ruler included in the picture (measured in millimeters). Could be anything. But surely, it is as natural as it can be.

Just another day I did measure actual comb spacing in a non-managed dead-out. The numbers were all over in the range of 30 mm to 40 mm. That was a case of some messy, messy colony. The picture colony here, on the other hand, is just that - picture-perfect.
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What I notice is how tightly spaced the combs are.  The spacing in natural-drawn comb is always tighter than the spacing bees are forced to use with standard frames in most hives. 


Joe



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And also look at how consistently non-vertical the combs are.
Perfectly normal and natural to build at an angle.
UNLESS, the structure itself is ready to fall sideways!
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM, harold steinberg <h.adam.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
look at the number of swarm cells (queen cells) and think of how many swarms they could of or did cast off.
On Apr 28, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Daniel Sullivan <danie...@gmail.com> wrote:

A friend out in Orange County, CA just texted me these pics from someone's backyard shelter after removing a cover from an outdoor TV.

Pretty amazing!




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Tim Aure

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Apr 28, 2017, 8:03:06 PM4/28/17
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Or Shakespeare: "To bee or not to bee?
That is the question! 😜

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