One day i asked my grandpa if it is okay if we go with him and see the bees, since M had never been in the bee farm and it had been a long time since i was there the last time. So on a nice sunny day we took the car and had a little countryside trip to visit the bees.
Right now my grandpa has 7 bee families. He used to have more but over the winter some of them died, mostly because if the pesticides people put on their fields. It is a big problem and bees are in grave danger. It might happen that in near future the bees are endangered species and when this happen we can say bye bye to our beloved fuits and veggies.
In some parts of world it is already happening and for example in some parts of China the people have to do the flower dusting part that usually bees do, themselves. My grandpa said that he even saw a documentary where the Chinese people where climbing on the trees and dusting the flower petals.
So please think about the bees and the fruits before you kill them with poisons and pesticides.
However to go back to our field trip. We had a lot of fun and even saved one family from flying away. Some times when the family has two queen bees it divides into halves and the older queen bee flyes away with some of the bees. Usually they first fly nearby and then circa 1 day later they go looking for new nest places further away. However this time we were there the right time and my grandpa could catch them again and put them back in the nesthouse (i called them the bee villas). Also sometimes they fly really high and it is impossible to catch them but this time we were lucky and yayy he did not lose any of them.
Also while my grandpa was showing us the inside of the nest, he took one rack out so M could make pictures while holding it and well guess what poor American got sting. I think he got little scared since one of them flew inside his jacket and he started to run around and booom he got sting. But the good news are that he is not allergic and i did get the needle out without breaking the poison cloth that is in the end of the needle. When all the pictures where taken it was time to save my grandpas bees and by saving them i mean he just cracked the tree branch and carried them to the nest and voila they were back in home safe and sound.
After my grandpa had saved the world it was time to go back home and leave the bees alone - something with too much excitement for one day :)
Right now my grandpa has 7 bee families. He used to have more but over the winter some of them died, mostly because if the pesticides people put on their fields. It is a big problem and bees are in grave danger. It might happen that in near future the bees are endangered species and when this happen we can say bye bye to our beloved fuits and veggies.
In some parts of world it is already happening and for example in some parts of China the people have to do the flower dusting part that usually bees do, themselves. My grandpa said that he even saw a documentary where the Chinese people where climbing on the trees and dusting the flower petals.
So please think about the bees and the fruits before you kill them with poisons and pesticides.
However to go back to our field trip. We had a lot of fun and even saved one family from flying away. Some times when the family has two queen bees it divides into halves and the older queen bee flyes away with some of the bees. Usually they first fly nearby and then circa 1 day later they go looking for new nest places further away. However this time we were there the right time and my grandpa could catch them again and put them back in the nesthouse (i called them the bee villas). Also sometimes they fly really high and it is impossible to catch them but this time we were lucky and yayy he did not lose any of them.
Also while my grandpa was showing us the inside of the nest, he took one rack out so M could make pictures while holding it and well guess what poor American got sting. I think he got little scared since one of them flew inside his jacket and he started to run around and booom he got sting. But the good news are that he is not allergic and i did get the needle out without breaking the poison cloth that is in the end of the needle. When all the pictures where taken it was time to save my grandpas bees and by saving them i mean he just cracked the tree branch and carried them to the nest and voila they were back in home safe and sound.
After my grandpa had saved the world it was time to go back home and leave the bees alone - something with too much excitement for one day :)