Every day I read something else that makes me swoon over the miracle of honeybees. Here's today's fascinating (to me) report from one of the members of the Montgomery County Beekeepers Association:
"Bees don't freeze, as shown by the late Ed Southwick at SUNY Brockport when he put a hive in a freezer at -80 degrees C with temperature probes to record that they keep the brood nest at 92-93 degrees F as long as they can reach the honey stores."
[Another opportunity to post a picture of cute sleeping kittens.]
3 comments:
That's fascinating. I wonder if there's any way to harness that heat.
Very cool! (no pun intended) Are your bees still laying brood? We're concerned that our queens are not.
Honeybees? Meh.
Kitties sleeping in a basket? Awwwwwwwwww! So adorable.
(Though I am in awe of the honeybee project!)
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