(11-30-2023, 06:58 AM)Encia22 Wrote: Yes, I know about the dance, but I thought it was done just in the hive and not in the air. I remember that they walk around in a circle and then transverse it, indicating the direction and distance of the food source. I think the distance was communicated by how much they wag/vibrate their abdomen. Truly incredible and fascinating creatues!
You are right, it's not in the air, I checked again. Good that you spoke it out. I heard this a long time ago, so forgive me please :)
Bees are just awesome, they got very rare here though. I have seldom seen wild honey bees in trees, some use old tree stumps that are higher up and hollow here. Only in hives, managed by a human. And of course single ones. We know a few places where beekeepers have their hives. When we are out in the forest in summer, we always stop at the hives. You can hear them from far away and approach them upfront and slowly up until 6-8 feet approximately. Only then you can feel how they fly a lot closer to you and warning. But if you retreat just one foot length they it's okay again.
Like an invisible soft border. Before that they mind some distance. I know that our bees keeper have problems with some fungus that kills whole colonies and future ones, too. Using honey is of course the best when you have it at hand. Giving the little creatures a bit work back.
