Bees are essential to our life, but how much do we know about them? When we see a bee, do we imagine an animal that might harm us, or one that is helping to feed us?

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Thermal imaging video of winter cluster of honeybees.

Published on 17.03.2018

FLIR T1030 camera, white as hot. Bees are setting down for the night and the external temperature is -4 Filmed as part of the Bees! Event at GNM Hancock Museum Newcastle on Tyne, 17.03.2018. Audio recording James Alan McAleer.

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What's the Waggle Dance? And Why Do Honeybees Do It?

Published on May 20, 2016

Honeybees search high and wide for the best flowers. And when they find them, they go back to the hive and "tell" the other bees how to get there.

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Over wintering honey bees indoors (Canada)

Published on November 6 2017

Wintering honey bees indoors. Here is a video walking through the shed to show the basic requirements needed to successfully set up a wintering shed. Darkness, air exchange, air circulation. Roughly a stocking density of 20 cubic feet per colony. Temp maintained at 4 degreesC with air exchange.

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