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I wish to introduce a new queen to a big colony but as yet i have not found the resident queen. I have carried out the tried and tested methods of locating and separating the resident queen from the colony but have not succeeded in isolating her, which brings me to the conclusion that she is the...

I noticed a honey bee on a white water lily collecting pollen and wondered where the germination of the pollen grain would take place. So i did a section of the plant to find out. Here is the ovary of the plant. I will try to obtain a better photograph and re submit. Mo

Hi Guys and Girls, I promise this is not going to become a regular habit, but i need the name of this plant please.

I have benn given a couple of flower heads but without any name s to go with them. Can you please help ? Thank you. Mo

I was asked to give a talk on the internal organs of the worker bee these are what i came up with. Any questions?

I have been asked by Tim my method of maceration of bee body parts for the BBKA Microscopy exam. The method i use works extreamly well for me and it is as follows; My method is:- Kill and fix in alcohol Remove wings and return them to alcohol. Caustic will destroy the membrane. Place...

Hi Members, If it aint one fing its anovver check this out. http://news.discovery.com/animals/parasite-bees-zombies-010512.html Mo

Took a sample of dyke water and was really suprised to see so many Daphina and a couple of Cyclops could not photo any Cyclops as they never stayed still long enough.

I have become bored at looking at pollen grains that had been stined red so i wanted something different. Mo Not sure where to post this as it is not a common occurance to study pollen grains.

I have misspelt degress it should read degrees. Sorry bout that. I thought i saw some movement from the apiary this morning and yep the girls were out on cleansing flights and exercising also found a couple of dead bees so i thought they would make a nice photo. Enjoy Mo

Out with the dogs this morning and one of them went chasing something all round the field and eventually brought me a Bee or beefly back to me. Can anyone put a common name for the fly please? No its no Bert or Richard or any other names. I have taken shots of its head and its abdomen where...

This is a learning resource thread . A question for you keen beekeepers and our Continental Cousins. When the Honey bee is out foraging for pollen she secrets a secretion named Lactic Acid Bacteria from her honey sac or honey crop which adheres to the pollen grains and then is placed on the...

Due to the warm weather we still have plants like the White Dead Nettle in flower as it has been throughout the year, i just thought i would like to show you the composition of the anthers. Mo

I have noticed a number of plants that are flowering again after having had a rest from flowering at the original time in the year , these plants Forsythia Evening Primrose and others are flowering for the second time which in its self is most unusual. Mo

Has anyone noticed the common white dead Nettle as it has been in flower continually since February this year and is still showing fruit. Bee and Bumbles use this plant as a source of nectar and pollen. Note the trigger on the upper petal of the flower. The petal is concave shape because its it...

I became bored this morning so i cur up a couple of foragers on their retun from a trip out. Any questions ? No good. Mo

called out to a swarm last Thursday and this is what i was confronted with. Also can anyone manr the plant these pollen grains come from? I bet no one guesses correctly. Mo

because the queen mates with different drones can the emergence of the full grown honey bee (workers) be considered as twins or triplets etc to each other? Same mother same father in batches of sperm being used. I do not know the answer to this .

I came accross this plant and could not find the common or botanical name for it . There is someone out there who knows. please help. The leaf is velvet to touch. Thank you Mo