qandrew · @qandrew
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Some good stingless bee action in the garden this morning.

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Last updated 1 year ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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Stingless bee hive monthly weighing day today. First hive which seemed to suffer from predator birds lost some weight, but 2nd & 3rd about the same as last month while #4 gained 85 grams. Birds have now been scared off by Howie the hawk.

#99hives #stinglessbees #beekeeping #UrbanBeekeeping #bangkok

Last updated 1 year ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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After the first rains of the season in Bangkok, the jasmine is blossoming and the bees (and is!) absolutely love it.

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Last updated 1 year ago

DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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, under threat in rural and agricultural areas, are finding an unlikely refuge: the big city

by Luca Matteucci

"The fuzzy pollinators, apis mellifera, have found new homes at places like the Beaugrenelle Commercial Center, one of Paris’s biggest indoor shopping complexes. Not far from the Eiffel Tower, the mall hosts a pesticide-free garden on its rooftop with Russian mint, Australian lemongrass, Indian holy basil and other plantings that attract local Michelin-starred chefs. The aromatic flowers and herbs also draw legions of bees that now live on a cleared corner of the roof overlooking the Seine River.

"'It’s a heavenly buffet for them. They enjoy a healthy and varied diet, which makes the colony stronger,' beekeeper Diane Jenny said on a recent day as she checked the rooftop’s six hives, each containing about 40,000 bees, for potentially harmful parasites like mites. The bees were healthy and thriving, she proclaimed, and busy making rooftop honey."

Read more: getpocket.com/explore/item/tha

#honeybees #beekeeping #bees #gardens #rooftopgardens #UrbanBeekeeping #pollinators

Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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That didn’t take long. The have found the two-day-old banana flower about 50 meters away from their hive in our garden 😀

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Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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Appears the 4 beehives have all settled in to their new location and orientation and are back to work.

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Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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Moving my stingless beehives a meter or so to get more shade. The three hives I closed and moved indoors for a few days before repositioning look very healthy.


#WatchThisSpace #stinglessbees #angryarmyurbanbees #UrbanBeekeeping #beekeepingthailand #savethebees

Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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Day #4 after installing hives, I’ve learned their patterns. They are up & at it as soon as the sun rises and are tucked in for the night an hour before sunset. They have found the flowers in our garden and I see pollen coming in!




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Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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Watching our recently installed settling in scoping out their new ‘hood before they get busy bringing in pollen and resin. Quite mesmerizing.




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Last updated 2 years ago

qandrew · @qandrew
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@Aa_UrbanBees installed the first 4 of 99 urban hives, in our this afternoon. Looking forward to the settling in and seeing if our fruit trees become more fruitful.




#99hives #bangkokgarden #stinglessbees #angryarmyurbanbees #UrbanBeekeeping #beekeepingthailand #savethebees

Last updated 2 years ago