gavin
31-10-2016, 08:01 PM
Last day of October and the weather is getting chilly. Never mind, one bee was out trying to salvage propolis crumbs that had dropped onto the lid of a Paynes nuc from a colony that had been sited on top. It seems they were too tough for her, but she persisted for a while. Maybe she's had more success in warmer spells.
I like the bipedal attempts, using the tip of the abdomen to balance, and the circular runs when she was trying a sideways bite. Occasionally there is a very rapid dab from a middle leg to the corbicula but I don't think she ended up with more on there than when she started.
Clearly I need to practice a little and the focus was terrible but bear with it and there are sharper sections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFYUZP4TAO8
Oh, and where she falls over .... or that shaking of the middle leg when there is a lot of activity at the mouthparts, like some dogs when you scratch them in the right place down the side of their belly.
I like the bipedal attempts, using the tip of the abdomen to balance, and the circular runs when she was trying a sideways bite. Occasionally there is a very rapid dab from a middle leg to the corbicula but I don't think she ended up with more on there than when she started.
Clearly I need to practice a little and the focus was terrible but bear with it and there are sharper sections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFYUZP4TAO8
Oh, and where she falls over .... or that shaking of the middle leg when there is a lot of activity at the mouthparts, like some dogs when you scratch them in the right place down the side of their belly.