Over the summer I have been quietly creating a collection of photos related to beekeeping. Many of the photos are new and feature the IB 496 Bee class I’m currently teaching. Go see! Honey Bees & Beekeeping Pictures
Posts Tagged ‘beekeeping’
Answer to the Monday Night Mystery: Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida)
Who scored on last night’s mystery? Three points to Gene Hall for naming the family, 8 to Kojun who guessed the genus, species, and collection site, and one to Chris Grinter who added family-level diagnostics. Chris also takes the monthly prize- with 19 total points- for September. Email me to claim your loot, Chris!
Washboarding Bees
And now, another video from my back yard Myrmecos studios: Our two hives are roughly equal in strength, but one of them fields a couple hundred worker bees ‘washboarding’ every afternoon on the front of the hive. It’s a distinctively mesmerizing behavior, and what’s especially remarkable about it is that no one knows what function [...]
Sunday at the Pollinatarium: Beekeeping in Paraguay
This Sunday at 2pm I will be giving a public presentation titled Beekeeping in Paraguay, based on my experience doing just that as a Peace Corps volunteer in the mid 1990s. The details: Beekeeping in Paraguay a presentation by U of I entomologist Alex Wild Sunday August 15 at 2:00 at the University of Illinois’ [...]
Sunday Night Movie: Learning to Fly
Our garden beehives have been growing quickly. The afternoon’s orientation flights- where young bees try out their wings and learn to recognize landmarks around the hive- were especially busy so I pulled out my video gear: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehhB1sKZ5Sw]
Learn beekeeping!
What am I doing this summer? Good question. I’m teaching Integrative Biology 496: Introduction to Beekeeping. If you are a University of Illinois student and would like to learn about the biology of Apis mellifera and how to manage a small apiary for honey or just for fun, please consider this 8-week class. Enrollment is [...]
A personal weblog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
