Nectar signsa

[beepig]

I sit outside most bright days for an hour or so watching tghe birds and the bees. I notice all the different colour pollens going in and a thought struck me! how do we know when the bees are bringing in nectar.?

 

[Swarm]

On a good flow you will often see them pouring back and landing quite heavily. There is a definite, and determined busy flight path.

 

[Quis Custodiet]

......Also walk by the hives in the late evening and your nose and ears will let you know!

 

[Millet]

I was watching or reading something a while back about robbing but i'm not sure how true it is, if the bees are flying fast and more or less in a direct line to the hive entrance they are going in light, if they drop down in a sort of u shape and have to fly up before plonking on the landing board they are coming in fully loaded i know they will be variations to this, also i have looked at loads of pictures i have taken of the activity around the entrance and lots of bees look like there abdomen is fatter than some of the other bees, maybe full of water or nectar i don't know for certain.

 

[Millet]

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[Poly Hive]

They fly bum down due to the load. Instead of - they are \

PH

 

[Millet]

From my pictures PH some seem to come in thin and some fat most are nearly always --- flat apart from a bit of up and down flying till they are approaching the landing strip.

 

[Quis Custodiet]

From my pictures PH some seem to come in thin and some fat most are nearly always --- flat apart from a bit of up and down flying till they are approaching the landing strip.

Have they got their legs hanging? Something else for you to puzzle over!

 

[Millet]

Have they got their legs hanging? Something else for you to puzzle over!

What has that got do with the price of salted pork.. there leg's are hanging and swinging all over the place entering and leaving all day long, empty or full they do the same, can you explain what you are getting at,