Honey bees, originally uploaded by malyousif.
These critters built their hive in one of the trees outside of our house. The gardener found them (and was terrified of disturbing them) while he was trimming the trees… I couldn’t blame the guy!
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These critters built their hive in one of the trees outside of our house. The gardener found them (and was terrified of disturbing them) while he was trimming the trees… I couldn’t blame the guy!
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Nice picture. Are you going to keep the hive around? It could be good for the plants, if not for your family’s sanity…
A couple years ago a bee swarm landed on the side of the building at my workplace. It was a solid mass of bees maybe 3 feet in diameter and 3 inches deep at the center, crawling around on one side of one of the supporting pillars. Eventually that swarm flew off on its own before animal control could arrive.
We also had an incident in which (i think) a different swarm built its hive inside the building somewhere in or near the electric conduits. I know it was the power conduits because bees were coming out of the light fixtures and flying around (mostly) inside the flourescent light globes.
A few years ago I was in the hunt for a new computer. While in one store – located in the outskirts of the central business district – a swarm of bees took up residence in the tree outside the door and immediately began stinging everyone that left. Great way to keep a captive audience =).
Yes, catch 22. Bees are good for pollination but too many bees are kind of scary…
what are you planning on doing ?
Ingrid
ooohhh, can you imagine the honey in that hive?! Do honey bees hurt you? I like bees actually… especially big bumble bees. Haven’t seen any of those in such a long time. I was stung by a wasp once – it hurt.
I’m going to leave them well alone, they’ve got a job to do and so do I, and as I have not been stung by them nor were they a nuisance, they can stay for as long as they want.
If they really become a problem & they truly are honey bees you can just call a beekeeper to collect them.
Over here a beekeeper will vacuum them up into a special industrial vacuum cleaner & relocate them into a commercial hive.
Some keepers will even offer you a hive for your property if you grow a good crop or have fruit trees.
Yes leave them and don’t worry. Discovered one hive a couple of months ago in the garden, it was huge. Just checked on it now it’s gone, Bahrain’s bees are freindly not agressive. Also a couple of years ago was shocked to see a couple of bees in the kitchen,and after investigation I found out that they came through the window AC, seems they liked to drink the sweet water dripping out of it.
Maybe you can drop them off to parliament?….
😉
-Ibn
Ibn, you’re BAD, but it’s an excellent idea. Bees in ghutras might get things done! 😀
Chris, I don’t know of any beekeepers here, but I can tell you almost for certain that they are the same bees that are all over our morning glory every morning.
Anon, I checked this morning and even in this wind they seem to be quite content where they are, so I’ll let them beeee! 😉
Hey nice Idea lol !…
It was a good friday untill i bought some Magazines and went home to discover that the “ministry of information” had toren off a few pages of some semi-interesting images,,, hmmmmm.
the question that proceeds is ofcourse ,yes you got it “WHY”????
why in this day and age when you get everything from G.Bush laying naked on the floor to Pamela Andersons twins on the internet ,, would tear off a couple of pages that nobody gives a damn about anyway.
sorry about the off topic , but i had to mention anyway…
I suspect these bees are grouping, not staying. To build a hive they would need a hollow structure that is protected….for the queen to lay eggs and feed her young. The drones we are looking at collect the nectar of plants to make honey but need a structure to start laying in cells of honey comb. This looks like a swarm that is migrating…somewhere in the middle should be a queen bee…larger than the rest. Imagine how big the swarm could become. This group just may find its way to Oslo, right! It could be the theme for an international event.
Mahmood, your garden must be a real conservatory of plants and interesting things. You should invite a science teacher and their class to your garden for a field trip.
What a treat Mahmood! I would be tempted to provide them with a hive …. though the problem with that is that you would have to plant more flowers to sustain them. They look like they are looking for an orchard, probably just stopping by to fuel up (and do a little polinating on the side) before they embark upon the next leg of their journay.
But bees hanging around your garden is aupsicious. It must be an abundant place for them … and the bees will only help it bloom more!
And they won’t sting you or anyone else if they are left alone!
My uncle used to keep bees in two hives at the end of his tiny garden. His flowers were lovely, the honey was delicious, and he used to reckon the occasional sting was good for his arthritis. My aunt wasn’t all that keen on them though, because she said they always followed her about.
Sadly a lot of bees in the UK have perished after being attacked by a plague of mites in recent times.
I can tell you almost for certain that they are the same bees that are all over our morning glory every morning.
I hope you’re referring to the first and not the sixth reference on this page. =)
oh no! why does everything has to have sexual connotations? (not that I mind <ducking!>)
no, it’s definitely the first.
A few years ago a Japanese couple opened a shop here in the centre of the city called ‘Morning Glory’. They kept wondering why the Aussies were laughing at the name. The couple seem to be having the last laugh though because every time I walk past it’s always filled with happy teenage girls =).
:> evil!
Scary :s