What triggers production of winter bees?

[victor meldrew]

Snow fairies do not belong to Finnish mytology. We have a snow man stories , you know that with carrot nose and with charcoal eyes.



Snow fairy has been in English mytology since Ice Ace. So, it is a native creature.



We have never thought that snow man can be right or wrong.

We have Cornish piskeys . These can be troublesome ! [emoji23][emoji23]


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[jenkinsbrynmair]

Ha ha ha. I am really tired to English "intellectual poking".

I tried that once - she was from Bath and reading Greek at Nottingham, but her fiancee found out

 

[Finman]

We have Cornish piskeys . These can be troublesome ! [emoji23][emoji23]

Piskeys have not been in Finnish mythology. They have arrived here quite late with British stories.

In old Finnish fairytales animals of woods have played the role of magic creatures. They have spoked to each others and they have bullied each others all the time.

 

[Ian123]

I tried that once - she was from Bath and reading Greek at Nottingham, but her fiancee found out

Good god you dated an English woman!!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Good god you dated an English woman!!

only out of curiosity

 

[Ian123]

For a minute I thought you would say she voted conservative drove a 4x4 and had a holiday cottage but then you would of had to have been very curious. My departed uncles second wife was a Welsh beauty queen, I may have received a slap when I suggest what her competition was.

 

[ShinySideUp]

Is there really any difference between 'winter' bees and any other bee? During the spring and summer and most of autumn, bees forage. They go out, they come back, they go out, they come back, while there is daylight; until they don't come back, because they are exhausted and die on the job. Winter bees do not do this. They wander around the hive, cleaning up, keeping everything warm and cosy and protect the queen and whatever brood they have at the time. They have time to eat, they aren't thrashing themselves to death. Surely 'winter' bees are just 'any-other-time' bees that don't have a lot to do?

 

[Finman]

Is there really any difference between 'winter' bees and any other bee? During the spring and summer and most of autumn, bees forage. They go out, they come back, they go out, they come back, while there is daylight; until they don't come back, because they are exhausted and die on the job. Winter bees do not do this. They wander around the hive, cleaning up, keeping everything warm and cosy and protect the queen and whatever brood they have at the time. They have time to eat, they aren't thrashing themselves to death. Surely 'winter' bees are just 'any-other-time' bees that don't have a lot to do?

The quality of winter bees is one of the basic knowledge in beekeeping. It is good read about them

In Finland winter bees live 9 months. Summer bees cannot do that, and cluster of summer bees cluster dies during autumn

 

[SDM]

Good god you dated an English woman!!

Couldn't find an intellectual in Wales.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Surely 'winter' bees are just 'any-other-time' bees that don't have a lot to do?

No, they are significantly metabolically and physically different.