One of our hives had a single bee on the landing board wigging out. Not sure how the describe this. She was standing in one place and looked like she had Parkinson?s disease.
Just saw the one doing this.
Tested for mites earlier this year and did have a single one in the sample. Haven?t checked recently.
Any thoughts?
Aroc, you have very cool nights compared to most of us so I am not surprised your bees are not bearding.
One bee would not cause me concern if there is a good population in the hive with ample stores. You have mites on a more likely than not basis or you need to rear queens from this hive if mites are truly absent.
Like Van said, I would not bee concerned about one bee having a problem. Bees are super organisms. Having one bee having a problem is like you being concerned because you have an ingrown hair and thinking that you have cancer.
Jim
could it have been a waggle dance?
Quote from: Hops Brewster on August 09, 2018, 10:22:22 AM
could it have been a waggle dance?
Definitely not a waggle dance. Wish I could post the short vid I have.
Normal die off is 100 bees a day per Clarence Collison. One bee???
Steve,
If only 100 bees are dying a day and the queen is laying 2000 eggs a day, that means the hive is increasing in number by 1900 bees a day. At least during the flow. That does not sound right.
Jim
Was she washboarding?
Cappy, I realize this is off subject but those are beautiful hives in your pic. Well detailed, painted very imaginative, looks very nice.
About 2.5 % die a day. Excluding queens they live around 40 days in summer. Simple math. 2.5 x 40 = 100% new bees every 40 days. A hive of 20k has about 500 die a day. They fly off and don't come back. Of course winter bees live much longer.
Quote from: Cappy on August 16, 2018, 01:39:01 PM
Was she washboarding?
Definitely not. More of a vibration. Not a waggle dance.
Chronic bee paralysis virus
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I got hit with pesticides about three weeks or so ago and a lot of them were doing that. Like they were having a fit. Not what I'm used to seeing with pesticides. They used to die in piles of quivering apparently paralyzed bees. Now they are having a conniption instead. Apoplectic bees. Most of them just didn't come home.
MBush, sorry about the pesticides. That is a problem that is not going away. What?s a fella to do: mosquitoe control spraying by the square mile, farmers protecting their crops, well,,, we have to eat. And then there is the lady next door with her pride and joy roses. I guess we Bee keepers just keep plugging away and accept the losses. Blessings to the Beekeepers.
Quote from: Van, Arkansas, USA on August 23, 2018, 06:38:21 PM
What?s a fella to do:
We could resist the idea that the chemical companies have a solution to all our problems. Environmental impact over a long time should take preference over instantaneous gain.
Ace, that is a beautiful answer, as things should be,?,, but seriously can we fight Mansanto or Bayer?
Van it does seem like we are screaming in a tornado, nobody listens. But my favorite book that is full of truthful philosophy, advises "stand at the door and knock." We all have to keep screaming and knocking and maybe.....
Quote from: Acebird on August 24, 2018, 09:40:46 AM
Quote from: Van, Arkansas, USA on August 23, 2018, 06:38:21 PM
What?s a fella to do:
We could resist the idea that the chemical companies have a solution to all our problems. Environmental impact over a long time should take preference over instantaneous gain.
Ace, we had a reported case of West Nile Virus yesterday. Immediate response is city wide mosquito spraying today and tomorrow. What's a beekeeper to do?
As long as we have a media that is constantly scaring the public in order to keep their ratings up, we have to put up with the massive overkill.
Jim
The local government fogs every road in county/parish weekly after dark. They spray ditches that hold water probably weekly and I think there is some aircraft spraying. Do not know what chemicals they are using but I should.
Quote from: Robsc on August 24, 2018, 11:27:42 AM
Ace, we had a reported case of West Nile Virus yesterday. Immediate response is city wide mosquito spraying today and tomorrow. What's a beekeeper to do?
It is far for me to know the right answer to this question. How did anyone know where the infection occurred with one case? What if the mosquito that caused the infection is building resistance to the spray and that mosquito doesn't get a direct hit. It might make it worse.
I agree with Jim's statement, instilling fear usually causes a knee jerk reaction where by pesticides are applied just because of perception.