It is hard to believe that we have such wet weather this summer. Rain, rain, rain. I didn’t say bad weather because in a way I liked it; I had an essay to write. Though, on the other hand I wished so much to go to the mountains a few more times; now it keeps snowing up there. If we won’t have an Indian summer this autumn, so that snow will melt, I can say farewell dear mountains at this very moment. Wet weather is also toilful for the bees. There’s a lack of food for them and illnesses take a huge toll among them. Well, the lack of food caused that the small hive on my balcony was a victim of robbery. Our bees had hive full of honey and obviously some alien and hungry bees smelled it. Too many bees died in just half an hour. Luckily I was at home, so that I could close the hive before all were killed. I took them to my cousin, who is a beekeeper, too. I almost closed the entrance of the other two hives, so that the bees can easier defend their hive from alien bees.
A sad story indeed. And I found out that it is really difficult to make a good photo of bees …
3 comments:
Oh, the poor bees! I had no idea this could happen.
Yes, here, where I live, this can happen, because there's not enough food for the bees in nature. Especially this year is critical due to the bad weather we keep having during this summer.
I watched an interesting documentary about the varroa mite on tv. Bees are really under threat, but thankfully not in Australia as yet.
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