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emo_snal

The Final Shenanigans of 2012

Jan 02, 2013 23:14

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bees, honeybees, beekeeping

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hollycole1 January 2 2013, 22:50:21 UTC

love these photos...hope you charged your battery ok

emo_snal January 3 2013, 07:49:32 UTC

I called my roommate but he didn't answer (I assume he was passed out drunk somewhere) so I had to bite the bullet and call my boss and he sent someone over. Thank god I wasn't in the field that is 40 minutes from anywhere else.

blue_eye January 3 2013, 04:21:26 UTC

Now you have to fill me in on the oddball bee. Hope the hive isn't being taken over or something.

emo_snal January 3 2013, 08:01:36 UTC

Dr Thorp reported that he forwarded the picture on to Dr Fondrk in honeybee genetics, who reported that its a rare recessive trait in cordovan bees. Now you know! I think that could easily explain the red back but I'm still very skeptical about the major morphological departures in the face! /:

sunnycrittenden January 3 2013, 13:49:42 UTC

Did you find a hive for the strolling queen?

emo_snal January 9 2013, 20:21:29 UTC

Yeah I found pretty much the perfect hive for her -- it appeared to have been queenless but with a recently hatched queen cell -- which worked perfectly for my hypothesis she was a new queen out on a mating flight. I put her in and watched her for a few minutes to make sure the bees in the hive wouldn't be mean to her but they were being sweet to her so I think it was all good.

sweeny_todd January 18 2013, 13:41:42 UTC

this comment makes me smile.

weird to see so many weird things though...

emo_snal January 18 2013, 15:11:39 UTC

Yeah it was a really weird day d: