juvenal Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 wannabees.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 What happens to a colony when the Queen bee dies? Edit: I am guessing that the colony dies, as it is genetically the same as the Queen, has no means of reproducing after her death, has no way of raising a successor Queen without royal jelly, and therefore serves no further evloutionary function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 "I ain't seen it" Bee fact: The average person can tolerate 10 stings per lb of bodyweight. There really is a lot of hysteria re. bee/wasp stings...I'm really not surprised by that fact at all. I once had a multiple sting attack when I sliced through a wasp nest with a hedge trimmer...right through the centre of the paper ball in fact. And tbh although wasp stings are quite sharp the pain is almost gone as soon as you realise what has happened. As an amateur gardener for many years my real fear is flies...one bite can really f%%k you up for weeks, on the face can actually distort features and even be a danger to breathing such is the swelling. The real enemy to your health and wellbeing...nightmare....... http://puredefensepestsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/black-horse-fly-pure-defense-pest.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 What happens to a colony when the Queen bee dies? Edit: I am guessing that the colony dies, as it is genetically the same as the Queen, has no means of reproducing after her death, has no way of raising a successor Queen without royal jelly, and therefore serves no further evloutionary function. That'll be us when Elizabeth II passes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 What happens to a colony when the Queen bee dies? Edit: I am guessing that the colony dies, as it is genetically the same as the Queen, has no means of reproducing after her death, has no way of raising a successor Queen without royal jelly, and therefore serves no further evloutionary function. The nurse bees make royal jelly. As long as they have some eggs they can make a new queen. But it means there's a break in brood production. http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/blog4.php/2009/06/01/supering-and-queen-cells There's a lovely queen cell on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 There really is a lot of hysteria re. bee/wasp stings...I'm really not surprised by that fact at all. I once had a multiple sting attack when I sliced through a wasp nest with a hedge trimmer...right through the centre of the paper ball in fact. And tbh although wasp stings are quite sharp the pain is almost gone as soon as you realise what has happened. The centre of a wasps' nest is surprisingly tough, as I found when disposing of a large one from the loft (having waited until they'd all died off first). Won't stand in the way of a hedge trimmer though. Whenever I've been stung it's lasted a little longer than that, although it's not serious. My dad had a nasty experience with a wasp once though when he took a swig of beer out of a can that a wasp had crawled in to. He was stung on the lip, lucky it wasn't more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 The centre of a wasps' nest is surprisingly tough, as I found when disposing of a large one from the loft (having waited until they'd all died off first). Won't stand in the way of a hedge trimmer though. Whenever I've been stung it's lasted a little longer than that, although it's not serious. My dad had a nasty experience with a wasp once though when he took a swig of beer out of a can that a wasp had crawled in to. He was stung on the lip, lucky it wasn't more than that. There's a wasp gone in my shed the other day. Being the brave soul (without a bee suit on) I am I waved a hoe and it and then legged it when it flew at me. I don't like wasps. If it sets up a nest it'll go the same way as the one last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 The nurse bees make royal jelly. As long as they have some eggs they can make a new queen. But it means there's a break in brood production. http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/blog4.php/2009/06/01/supering-and-queen-cells There's a lovely queen cell on this page. But the new Queen would not be fertilised. I always understood that a Queen mated before flying off and establishing a nest. So what would this new Queen do to become fertile? Leave her nest, mate, and then return? Or abandon her nest and establish a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 But the new Queen would not be fertilised. I always understood that a Queen mated before flying off and establishing a nest. So what would this new Queen do to become fertile? Leave her nest, mate, and then return? Or abandon her nest and establish a new one? The new queen is a virgin and after about 5 days, the worker bees send her out to get laid. She flies to a drone congregation area where the boys hang out and then they chase here, catch her, shag her, explode and leave their genitals in her for the next drone to remove before shagging her. They can have several mating flights and mate with multiple drones storing the sperm in a spermatacea inside her abdomen which she then releases to fertilise eggs to make girl bees. Boys are haploid and are basically the queen's DNA being sent out into the world to reproduce. The worker girls she makes are her dna mixed with drone DNA and they are diploid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 The new queen is a virgin and after about 5 days, the worker bees send her out to get laid. She flies to a drone congregation area where the boys hang out and then they chase here, catch her, shag her, explode and leave their genitals in her for the next drone to remove before shagging her. They can have several mating flights and mate with multiple drones storing the sperm in a spermatacea inside her abdomen which she then releases to fertilise eggs to make girl bees. Boys are haploid and are basically the queen's DNA being sent out into the world to reproduce. The worker girls she makes are her dna mixed with drone DNA and they are diploid. I love it when you talk dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 I love it when you talk dirty. :-D If you love the dirty talk then you'll love this video 5'36 and about 13' if you like skipping to the filthy bits. I think it's a fascinating subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Bee porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Bee porn? Reader's Hives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Reader's Hives. That's a real one. Sister magazine of Carbuncle Babes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Reader's Hives. V good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battenberg Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Are there any cases of bee vs. beekeeper? or bee vs. bee? No win, no bee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John51 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 These indoor hives look cool. Not sure I want to be the one doing the maintenance though. http://interiorecosystems.com/beehive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Bee's with EMP's......... http://mobile.the-scientist.com/article/46218/bumblebees-electric-sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 These indoor hives look cool. Not sure I want to be the one doing the maintenance though. http://interiorecosystems.com/beehive/ Looks like it hypnotises dogs looking at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 That's enough about bees. Let's talk about earwigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 That's enough about bees. Let's talk about earwigs. when did you last have earwig honey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 when did you last have earwig honey? I'm afraid they don't do that Sarah! But they are one of the unusual insects that they lay few eggs and bring up their young. Earwigs don't really have a larval stage. They are just smaller earwigs. And they are good predators to have in the garden, so there! There are some cracking oversized earwigs in the far East! Some are nearly the size of a donkey, and make hissy noises when you piss them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'm afraid they don't do that Sarah! But they are one of the unusual insects that they lay few eggs and bring up their young. Earwigs don't really have a larval stage. They are just smaller earwigs. And they are good predators to have in the garden, so there! There are some cracking oversized earwigs in the far East! Some are nearly the size of a donkey, and make hissy noises when you piss them off. I used to like silverfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I used to like silverfish I remember them trooping round the coal fire hearth when I was a child. They thought it was a volcano! Where are they now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 That's enough about bees. Let's talk about earwigs. Ode to an Earwig Earwig, oh earwig, oh earwig, oh, Earwig, oh earwig, oh earwig, oh-oh, Earwig, oh earwig, oh earwig, oh, Earwig, oh. ear-wig-ohhhhhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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