# Bee Photographs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Bee Chat\ **Created:** [May 3, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630 "2015-05-03T16:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/466 "2016-10-02T17:35:18Z")
Joan? Where is the Arc? šŸ˜œ ---
**Author:** ![davcont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@davcont](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/davcont)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/467 "2016-10-02T18:47:52Z")
No problem, humming birds have gone west. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/468 "2016-10-02T18:57:10Z")
@Dawn_SD, silly you. Arc is not a thing. Nor is it a place. There were no apostrophes used in 15th century French so the Dā€™ is deceptiveā€¦ Joanā€™s (Jeanneā€™s) last name was simply Darc. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/469 "2016-10-02T19:19:37Z")
Not down here šŸ™‚ Thereā€™s still a few hanging around. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/470 "2016-10-02T20:04:05Z")
> [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](#): > > silly you. Arc is not a thing. Nor is it a place Dā€™accord cheri. Je suis en France en ce moment, alors jā€™ai cru que dā€™Arc cā€™Ć©tait une ville ou quelque chose comme ca! šŸ˜œ ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/471 "2016-10-02T20:37:27Z")
Thank you! Have fun šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/472 "2016-10-02T20:42:32Z")
> [@davcont](#): > > humming birds have gone west All of your humming birds is for me!!! šŸ˜ˆ OK, well maybe not. But we have them year round in San Diego, and they often fly up to us in the garden, as if to say ā€œwho the frack are you, you think you own this place???ā€ Very funny, lively, talented creatures. Just glad they donā€™t eat bees. The bees wouldnā€™t have a chanceā€¦ šŸ˜² ---
**Author:** ![Martydallas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/martydallas/32/284_2.png) [@Martydallas](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Martydallas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/473 "2016-10-03T02:02:39Z")
just brought home a NUC, This is my second hive. this is a swarm my mentor and I placed in this box a few weeks ago. I wanted them to settle in the box before moving them. just a small slow motion video ---
**Author:** ![Jaydub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jaydub/32/1720_2.png) [@Jaydub](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Jaydub)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/474 "2016-10-08T15:26:27Z")
There are lots of these little native guys around at the moment. Love the pink eyes. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/4/4f2354815385abfc4fdafaccf390d1356b2d9e2d.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/475 "2016-10-08T17:00:26Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/8/814ed51e36fb3be0036e48904c593dbb245a748e.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/b/b6a013488408af19504090c2e36fdd87211bf9b8.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/9/9b72fb0d9cb1a8414b24fe00c0f009ca6465cb06.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/9/938be99f5621a5c776917b0801590e9130ab2f16.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/476 "2016-10-08T17:02:55Z")
Wow!!! Iā€™ve seen some large ones in our yard but that one looks gigantic, Ed! ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/477 "2016-10-08T17:16:10Z")
Thatā€™s actually the first time Iā€™ve seen male and female together. Theyā€™re probably going to mate and then sheā€™ll have him for dinner . ---
**Author:** ![Faroe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/faroe/32/11835_2.png) [@Faroe](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Faroe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/478 "2016-10-08T18:23:58Z")
Hahaha cute šŸ™‚ Looks like a good idea for a bee feeder ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/479 "2016-10-08T18:33:05Z")
Isnā€™t that the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/480 "2016-10-08T21:19:23Z")
There are 2 different mantisā€™s there. The brown one is male and the all green larger one is female. She will eat his head during mating and theyā€™ll continue to mate even though heā€™s headless. Girlā€™s gotta eat I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/481 "2016-10-09T01:15:12Z")
mate/have him for dinner = same thing šŸ˜ˆ Sorry just making a little lewd insect humor ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/482 "2016-10-09T01:16:29Z")
Some humans feel that way about their ex-partnersā€¦ šŸ‘æ ---
**Author:** ![SnowflakeHoney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/snowflakehoney/32/7036_2.png) [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/483 "2016-10-10T12:04:16Z")
Upon inspecting the hive today one frame of brood was damaged while removing it from the brood box for a look-and-see. In the photo you can see the drone cells that were damaged. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/c19c959e07bd4156b2816c5e5a028555d8d4fcd8.jpg) ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/e/ec91f53a24efc1bea9d4594d9bb1d3f83ae589d7.jpg) And if you were wondering how I managed to damage the frame (it was stuck)ā€¦ ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/a/ac83235805e34928ab2810853e2192c10b867e20.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SnowflakeHoney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/snowflakehoney/32/7036_2.png) [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/484 "2016-10-10T12:16:46Z")
Two weeks ago none of the flow frames had any honey (Spring is belatedly arriving here in Oz). Now, all but one of the flow frames have honey to some degreeā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/4/4db347be2911dcab70f69910528c7413667c3089.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/1/1d0e68ebe4b1673f9bc14a5b997a49e858678da1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SnowflakeHoney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/snowflakehoney/32/7036_2.png) [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630/485 "2016-10-11T14:03:52Z")
So this is where I typically take my dog for a walkā€¦ ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/6/6d30dc0043542f1dfbb55f5b95387e7d506bb7ae.jpg) Last year I knew for certain of at least one feral hive in the bush where we walk (I was stung right on the bridge of my noseā€¦).This next pic is the tree the feral hive lives in. They were there last summer, made it through winter, and are once again busy. I donā€™t get any closer than about 3-5m (10-15ft) to this hive as the bees truly are feral and on the aggressive side of polite. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/4/4d822f3584a550de54a390ac9c20651bdc4b3372.jpg) On our walk today we came across two docile swarms. They certainly werenā€™t there yesterday and one of them had formed in the time we initially walked past and then looped back. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/cea382a0975e8462c972907f611017d0eb9839e6.jpg) and ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/f/f21258bfc4d8e18ee2d2a0a9702ef212bc40d60a.jpg) My bees havenā€™t swarmed, and they seem far too docile to be a swarm from the hive in the first pic. On a side note, Iā€™ve noticed that the activity level of the native bees has also increasedā€¦but they are a bit harder to photographā€¦ [Previous page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630.md?page=23) [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-photographs/630.md?page=25)