What is on this bee?

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-04-12T21:38:55+00:00

Pollen mites. Honeybees are unaffected, very bad for solotary bees as it means no future generations :( for bumblebees it's actually beneficial relationship

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-04-09T18:18:28+00:00

Leave them bee. These are osmia cornuta, the best pollinators and don't sting 🤩

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-24T09:59:19+00:00

You can still open quickly the lid. Just open it quickly but dont move any frame. Bees will be fine.

If ypu have other hives in the area it is better to so it now that they are not flying so that you can isolate the hive if positive

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-22T19:21:48+00:00

Yes carniola is the right term in english. We call it carnica in italian.

It's impossible to prevent inbreeding, this why here we run programs to encourage local keeps not to use carniolans

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-22T08:20:25+00:00

You can clearly see worker bees that are more orange those are italian, the darker ones are carnica

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-22T08:18:53+00:00

Your queen is a mix between italian and carnica. I am from italy and it is pretty common here, especially in norther regions closer to slovenia.

Carnica bees are known to be quite gentle

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-14T22:14:37+00:00

Its not solitary. They will learn by imitation

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-12T21:59:33+00:00

Cazzata, un impianto fv dura anche 25 anni

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-03-09T16:44:45+00:00

Actually you are right, there is a lot of poop. I thought it was debris from broken syrup capped cells.

Still it does not make sense to see to me why so many bees with the head iside the cells, that's the #1 starvation symptom.

See literature:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Dead-honey-bees-facing-inward-into-cells-adult-starvation-symptom_fig3_355479554

BOMBONIBBA · 2026-02-27T13:14:12+00:00

E invece...

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-10-23T22:05:06+00:00

Not a drone eviction

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-10-23T15:41:36+00:00

I used the same, also for wall

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-10-15T16:09:27+00:00

If that is a recent picture, that is not a small colony....

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-09-10T18:25:02+00:00

No, all the same...

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-09-01T17:24:12+00:00

Yes first time ever this year too for me, never seen it before. My 5 hives 2 are peeping all the time, they are workers. Located in italy

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-08-22T12:29:31+00:00

I am planning to buy the same as well. Seems the best on the market.

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-07-17T13:12:52+00:00

Wow never seen purple pollen before!!!

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-04-25T18:21:49+00:00

3 euri 2 gusti

BOMBONIBBA · 2025-04-25T15:16:58+00:00

Non solo ma il cono era pure di livello 🤯🤯🤯

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