Holy Crap! Everybody Look Busy!
I can't stop watching and laughing at this video I took of the bees today. I just set my little camera on top of the hive and puffed them with the smoker. The smoker is supposed to mellow them out and make them go down into the hive body and eat honey. But in the video they look like bees on a coffee break and then when the smokers puffs, it's pandemonium as if they suddenly realize, "Holy crap! The human is watching, everybody look busy!"
I apologize to those who can't watch video, I don't have a photo to go with this one. A full bee update will bee up soon.
Har har.
I apologize to those who can't watch video, I don't have a photo to go with this one. A full bee update will bee up soon.
Har har.
Labels: beekeeping, bees
posted by birdchick at 11:03 PM
9 Comments:
That just caracks me up.
Thanks for the first giggle of the day!
Great video!
Why do bees react to smoke the way they do? Is there something in nature that makes them behave the same way?
Yep, that's how it is in your average office space when the boss arrives. Funny, maybe cube-dwellings are more like beehives than I thought. :-)
They like their women like they like their coffee, etc.
And here they are just moments before the camera started rolling. Because I think you need to know just how much time some (read: one) of your readers have on their hands, Sharon.
Jess!
L to the O to the L! You so rock. I love the little coffee pot. Everyone, please be sure to check out the link.
Even this morning I looked at the video again and I chuckled. I keep hearing one of guys in front running into the other bees, "Where's that file, I need that file!"
kitt
Smoking bees triggers somewhat of an alarm to bees. The smoke mimics the smoke of a forest fire. Their intinct tells them that when they smell smoke, to not worry about fighting, go inside and eat some food, you may have to evacuate in a hurry. We did a video of this when some bees are on top of frames, and when you smoke them, they go right down to the bottom. When I took this video, it was on the inner cover and they're running around trying to find a way to go down into the hive.
So when beekeepers smoke the bees, we're getting them to go into the hive and eat and not be so worried about attacking stinging. It should be noted that not all bees fall for this and you can still get stung. Our instructors at the bee class said that they would much prefer to go to a hive with a smoker and now bee suit than go to a hive with only a bee suit and no smoker.
maby this is the first sign that bees arent the real deal! maby they have little minions they hide whenever a human comes near and when they fly off to "collect nectar" its just a trip down to the waterhole to get away from the queens everlasting nagging!
That's really fascinating. I wonder who was the first person to figure out the smoke trick. I'll bet they were pretty pleased. (How do you say, "Hey, cool!" in Aramaic or whatever language it was?)
Maybe they were plotting a strike. This looked very much as a subversive gathering...
*snicker*
:D
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