Mystery of giant honeycomb in freezing winter

Have Africanized bees made it to the U.K.? In all cases, they aren't all that bad. They do make a heck of a lot more honey than regular bees. unless your the one they have targetted.

True, you do have to be a lot more careful than when you are rearing regular honeybees. It's a trade-off.

True, you do have to be a lot more careful than when you are rearing regular honeybees. It's a trade-off. too bad someone went into someone elses house and started cleaning it without permission.

So did the bees actually build this in the middle of winter, or was somebody walking by and just so happen to finally notice it? The apiaries around here will sometimes be swarming with bees during sunny winter days when the temperature is just above freezing. Cleaning their hives, dropping their dead, etc... It makes more sense to me that this is what the people saw happening. ...and of course I'm only assuming there's not a massive abundance of flowering plants available in mid February for the bees to actually make the comb. But who knows, there might be a giant field of arctic daisies just... [More]

Have Africanized bees made it to the U.K.? In all cases, they aren't all that bad. They do make a heck of a lot more honey than regular bees. Ido not know if they made it to the UK but they certainly have made it to southern states in the US, Yes the africanized bees are much more agressive unlike their counterparts the europian hunnybee, If you accidently run into the african bees they will chase you with no way to escape them, Your best bet would be to jump into water and they will soon leaving the area and back to thier hive, Heres a link talking about those bees, africanised hunny bees

I'm familiar with them. I knew beekeeepers in Chile who farm them. They are far more aggressive than regular bees, and you have to be much more careful, but they aren't the demon menace they are painted out to be. It's just like farming any other aggressive and dangerous animal; you just have to be more careful.

Wow, that's impressive. Looks like Winnie the Pooh will have something to eat this winter.

I thought the honey bees are becoming extinct??? How on earth do they become stronger??

They adapt and overcome. Something that small would likely adapt to new situations faster than we would.

So did the bees actually build this in the middle of winter, or was somebody walking by and just so happen to finally notice it? The apiaries around here will sometimes be swarming with bees during sunny winter days when the temperature is just above freezing. Cleaning their hives, dropping their dead, etc... It makes more sense to me that this is what the people saw happening. ...and of course I'm only assuming there's not a massive abundance of flowering plants available in mid February for the bees to actually make the comb. But who knows, there might be a giant field of arctic daisies just... [More]