Minds Studios last night with @ottman
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Yesterday’s hive inspection led to some exciting discoveries. Pictured at the bottom left of the photo is a queen cell growing larvae located at the edge of the frame. This is a sign that this healthy, thriving hive is getting ready to swarm! The hive is growing quickly and space is becoming limited, so a portion of the bees will leave the hive along with the old queen and the new queen currently in larvae stage inside the cell will be born to take on the old hive. Queen bee larvae are fed royal jelly, a secretion from glands of the worker bees made up of proteins, fatty acids, trace minerals and vitamins. This food alone grows the queen, the only fertile bee in the colony. Queen bees are essential to the longevity of the hive with the longest life span of up to 5 years. Worker and drone bees will only live up to 4-6 months, depending on the season. The queen will spend the entirety of her life inside the hive laying brood to continue on the life of the hive. #organicapiary #naturalbeekeeping #honeybees #myphoto
A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail. A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust, I live. ― Herman Hesse #tree #reflection #poem #history #spirituality
More from Ally Mae
Yesterday’s hive inspection led to some exciting discoveries. Pictured at the bottom left of the photo is a queen cell growing larvae located at the edge of the frame. This is a sign that this healthy, thriving hive is getting ready to swarm! The hive is growing quickly and space is becoming limited, so a portion of the bees will leave the hive along with the old queen and the new queen currently in larvae stage inside the cell will be born to take on the old hive. Queen bee larvae are fed royal jelly, a secretion from glands of the worker bees made up of proteins, fatty acids, trace minerals and vitamins. This food alone grows the queen, the only fertile bee in the colony. Queen bees are essential to the longevity of the hive with the longest life span of up to 5 years. Worker and drone bees will only live up to 4-6 months, depending on the season. The queen will spend the entirety of her life inside the hive laying brood to continue on the life of the hive. #organicapiary #naturalbeekeeping #honeybees #myphoto
A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail. A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust, I live. ― Herman Hesse #tree #reflection #poem #history #spirituality
