Bees Swarm South Seaport Fire Hydrant - NY1.com →
Another swarm. I hope that business owners don’t turn against urban bees. The man-on-street interviews are very urbanites-startled-to-see-nature.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene puts the number of registered hives at 161 — up from 4 in April 2010 — but the actual number of hives may be three times as many.
— NYT
Decapped with a heat gun, letting this frame drip out over the next couple days. So much easier than crush and strain. (Taken with instagram)
Chickens before they hatch
Quick weigh in— the frame weighed 5 pounds. Call it 4.5 pounds of honey. I have at least 25 full or almost full frames on the Italian in stealable surplus and three months of summer.. thanks global warming!
It’s kinda miserable working in the sun sometimes in a bee suit, slipping on spilled syrup and crushed bees. But I stole one finished frame of honey, so let’s call it even. (Taken with instagram)
Raw footage of the bee swarm cleanup on a car. It is very non-threatening footage as the unprotected guy sucks up the bees with a vaccuum.
Another swarm at 52nd St and Westside Highway →
Someone’s keeping bees around there. It’s not me. More media panic, of course: “The buzzing insects hovered around a gray Volvo, leaving a tot and her panicked parents helpless..” The hovering part is silly, while there would be scouts flying around, the vast majority of the bees would be clustered on a vertical surface, not circling around the “terrified trio” like movie sharks. And the family could have just driven the car away. No one was stung.
Two more from the Italian market in Chelsea. Sunflower (left), decent taste with a very yellow color, and Arbutus aka Stawberry Tree honey. Arbutus is a rare honey from Sardinia, sometimes called the bitter honey. And it is. It also crystallizes in an odd, creamy way. Novel! (Taken with instagram)
Hard to see, but the Russian has put lots of burr comb in the feeder. Hopefully no brood like the Italian did last year. Will have to cut it all out next month. (Taken with instagram)
