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February 23, 2016February 23, 2016outikimalainen Leave a comment

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Some serious Nasonov's gland action. The bee in the middle with her rear lifted up is spreading Nasonov pheromone and fanning intensely with her wings. #bee #bees #honeybee #apismellifera #mehiläinen #tarhamehiläinen #tarinoitayliopistosta #storiesfromtheuniversity #pollinator #pollination #pölyttäjä #pölytys #hive #beehive #mehiläispesä #honey #hunaja #savethebees #apiculture #beekeeping #mehiläistarhaus #hymenoptera #apidae #agriculture #maatalous #nasonovgland #pretty

Autumn shades and that lovely, lovely afternoon light. The beauty of macro worlds ❤ 2016, Nuuksio. Photo by @o.kimalainen #autumn #fall #syksy #nuuksionationalpark #nuuksio #finland #suomi #nationalpark #softlight #afternoon #gentle #calm #rauha #ruska #retki #retkipaikka #forest #metsä #naturephotography #luontokuvaus #luontokuva #northerneurope #macrophotography #sonya6000

First of all: this is NOT how a healthy beehive should look like. This was the saddest hive I've ever seen. It was small to begin with when it arrived and it didn't grow as it should have. The beehive has one queen that lays eggs, workers who gather nectar and pollen, defend the hive and tend to the queen and developing bees. Then there are drones, who basically just eat until they leave the hive for good. The queen of this hive was nowhere to be seen and hence assumed dead. So, we added a frame from another hive with newly laid eggs in hope that the bees would raise a new queen for themselves- which is what they usually do in a situation like this and when given the opportunity. Only these ones didn't. Our professor said to continue planting new frames but when I visited the after the second try I realized that the bees weren't just queenless, they were starving. They had even emptied the cells with growing larvae, which means that the situation was really alarming. So, instead of following the given advise I gave the hive two full frames filled with honey and pollen and a thrid one with newly laid eggs. The bees zoomed straight to the honeycombs like hungry wolves 🙊 I've never seen anything like that. The hive had a new queen and even though her offsprings were the result of natural selection, the hive remained really docile and surprisingly small through the summer. #bee #bees #honeybee #apismellifera #mehiläinen #tarhamehiläinen #tarinoitayliopistosta #storiesfromtheuniversity #pollinator #pollination #pölyttäjä #pölytys #hive #beehive #mehiläispesä #honey #hunaja #savethebees #apiculture #beekeeping #mehiläistarhaus #hymenoptera #apidae #agriculture #maatalous

Accipiter gentilis (kanahaukka, northern goshawk). The only hawk species I've seen nesting, and probably the easiest one too- the nest are quite large and often easily visible, and when the young are old enough they make themselves heard. A.gentilis seems quite urbanized, too- I've watched one bird dismantel and eat a magpie just a few meters from my workplace's window and another one warming up in front of a hospital airvent. I've grown quite fond of them. Helsinki 2015. Photo by @o.kimalainen #accipitergentilis #kanahaukka #goshawk #northerngoshawk #predatorybird #birdofprey #hawk #haukka #petolintu #finland #helsinki #metsä #forest #ilikebirds #bird #lintu #luontokuvaus #luontokuva #naturephotography #ornithology #canon5d

Honeybees are eusocial (aitososiaalinen) insects. It basically means that the entire colony functions for the common cause. Instead of seeing honeybees as individuals, people often talk about the nature and temperamentbof the entire hive. Single bees are basically cells or organs of the larger being, their hive and colony. #bee #honeybee #beekeeping #beekeeper #hive #beehive #apismellifera #mehiläinen #tarhamehiläinen #mehiläistarhaus #mehiläispesä #varroa #varroamite #storiesfromtheuniversity #tarinoitayliopistosta #eusocial #aitososiaalinen

This sums up the current feelings perfectly. Helsinki, 2011. Photo by @o.kimalainen #trött #tired #väsynyt #autumn #fall #itsraining #cat #cats #kissa #kissat #pets #sleeping #unessa #olisinpanukkumassa #koskaonloma

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