Thank you for uploading! this had the best post lecture question sessions of the endless lectures I have watched, not even close. Thank you to the informed audience and the expert Dr. Seeley.
In the questions section, somebody asked if the honey bees are interfering with the other bees. Don't think they do. Honey bees have what is called " flower constancy", when they find a good food source, they focus on that and keep going back untill it's exhausted. Solitary bees don't have that, they visit what ever flower they find
Tom, it may be that the bears don't bother live standing trees, but will tear open a bait box, is that bears aren't really after the honey, as many folks think. They want to eat the bees. Rotten logs, bears will tear apart and lick up insect larva. Honey is a sideline for the bears.
Thank you for uploading! this had the best post lecture question sessions of the endless lectures I have watched, not even close. Thank you to the informed audience and the expert Dr. Seeley.
In the questions section, somebody asked if the honey bees are interfering with the other bees. Don't think they do. Honey bees have what is called " flower constancy", when they find a good food source, they focus on that and keep going back untill it's exhausted. Solitary bees don't have that, they visit what ever flower they find
Thanks for your enlightened talk covering everything about honeybees and beekeeping.
HB
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Thank you for uploading this talk.
Sorry we missed your comment of 2 months ago --but, you're welcome!
Tom, it may be that the bears don't bother live standing trees, but will tear open a bait box, is that bears aren't really after the honey, as many folks think. They want to eat the bees. Rotten logs, bears will tear apart and lick up insect larva. Honey is a sideline for the bears.
46:30 what type of hive?
ok. found: LAYENS HIVE
59:40 very interesting
swarming wasn't even mentioned as a natural factor for mites reduction. Why?
Start listening @38:00
@@ChLeito oh. Yes thank you. But this is only one aspect. How about a swarm taking mites with them when swarming
Bill Murray