Bee Hunting: Finding a Wild Colony of Honey Bees - Tom Sealey
Published on Nov 18, 2016
Prof. Tom Seeley as he tries to locate a wild colony of bees. He catches bees foraging on goldenrod and aster, feeds them concentrated sugar solution and determines the direction that they fly as they return to their colony.
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Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water in place of molten wax and a water filled balloon.
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
Using a balloon filled with water put it in the container that you are going to use, holding the balloon add water into the container until it comes up to the level on it that you will require the wax to be on the balloon. Now remove the balloon and make a note/mark the level that the water is currently at in the container, this gives you the level that you will can safely fill up to with molten wax knowing that it will not come over the top when you dip the balloon in. At this point you may also have discovered that you need a totally different container of course! This measurement also gives you an idea of the amount of wax that you will need to melt as a minimum just to get started with.
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
Before you kick off, you first need to measure your dipping container in order to calculate the amount and fill level for the molten wax, this is done using just water and a water filled balloon.
Hopefully you will have a kitchen tap that accepts a balloon neck size, pinching the neck of the balloon to the tap, fill your balloon slowly supporting it in your hand, you want it to be about grapefruit size. Once filled and before tying off let as much air out of the balloon as you can i.e. carefully let it deflate until only water is weeping out before tying off the balloon. This is because molten wax will burst your balloon if it hits a part that is only air.
You can gently massage the balloon into shape if it hasn’t got the correct shape by simply squeezing the balloon a few times.
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Western England Regional Annual Report for the 2019 season:-
Regional Bee Inspector, Western Region
Colin Pavey
The Association maintains an apiary at an organic farm in North Shropshire. We hold regular meetings at the apiary during the summer, where members old and new can gain experience in handling bees.
We encourage and develop
the art and science of bee keeping
We strive to educate
Through group meetings, practical out apiary events and educational support
