Saturday, October 4, 2025

New bees are still orienting themselves

We're about ready to extract the final super of the year.  I'll post that once we have started.  We have removed the super, but have not had time to take care of the frames much so we wrapped them to protect them from wax moths and hope to start extracting this afternoon or tomorrow.    

Meanwhile, I captured this pretty dramatic orientation flight.
One can tell that it is an orientation flight by watching the bees circling in figure-8 type patterns around the entrance.  They are checking for landmarks to ensure that once they venture out foraging, they will be able to recognize the way home.

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