The bees seem to orient themselves with the comb running north/south. With hive #1, a top bar hive which I oriented with the bars running east/west (out of convenience and ignorance) the bees chose to draw the comb across the bars (not on) in a north/south orientation. Hmmmm.........Then I spoke to my bee keeping friend Skye who had made the same observation and had concluded it was a magnetic orientation, possibly. So, next spring I will be moving that hive. I don't want to disturb them now as they started the hive from scratch and it may be too disorienting this close to cool weather. Being with the bees is a continual learning process.....and, thankfully, they are forgiving.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Learning...
The bees seem to orient themselves with the comb running north/south. With hive #1, a top bar hive which I oriented with the bars running east/west (out of convenience and ignorance) the bees chose to draw the comb across the bars (not on) in a north/south orientation. Hmmmm.........Then I spoke to my bee keeping friend Skye who had made the same observation and had concluded it was a magnetic orientation, possibly. So, next spring I will be moving that hive. I don't want to disturb them now as they started the hive from scratch and it may be too disorienting this close to cool weather. Being with the bees is a continual learning process.....and, thankfully, they are forgiving.
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