matriarchy

please your queen

photo by jonathan dy

brutality of fact

bringing out the dead

she lost her wings

filtering the unfit

in devon's words, "there's no pension plan in the hive."

photos by jonathan dy

memories of warmer days

random interactions

lens landing

making time for small talk

dancing on nails

incoming

communication? 

photos by jonathan dy

mites in drone brood

caught redhanded! varroa mites preferentially shack up with drone larvae, as their incubation period is slightly longer than worker bees; one varroa management technique is to destroy drone brood right after it is capped, when it is likely to contain the maximum number of mites.

enemies of the bees

found a wasp nest too close to the hives.

photos by jonathan dy

late night snack

getting stuffed on larva

photo by jonathan dy