DSD 6460
318 hits
DSD 6458
306 hits
DSD 6455
291 hits
Multiple eggs per cell signify workers are laying eggs. This happens when a colony becomes "hopelessly queenless" -- i.e. no queen and no young larvae (<3 day old) to raise another queen. It takes 7-10 days for a colony without open brood and no queen to do this.
DSD 6448
284 hits
DSD 6443
291 hits
At the center of the photo is a worker laying eggs (laying worker) who also happens to be a "false queen", or pseudo-queen. She has similar pheromone mixtures as a laying queen (you never see virgin queens with retinue), hence the name. Not all laying workers are false queens, only very few of them become so "good" in queen-likeness that they get treated the same as a real queen.
DSD 6440
292 hits
False queen being surrounded by retinue workers. Usually she is also a laying worker. This is from a laying worker colony.
DSD 6439
302 hits
DSD 6436
354 hits
DSD 6429
316 hits
DSD 6426
383 hits
DSC 1653 006
894 hits
A yellow jacket ventured inside a honey bee colony, to steal honey, ends up attacked by honey bees. This ones to be half dead already.
DSC 1642 005
955 hits
Workers working on a freshly build wax comb, with back lighting.
DSC 1638 004
914 hits
A queen is seen laying an egg inside a worker cell. Usually (as far I can tell, 90% of time) she orients her head toward gravity when she is laying eggs. Not sure why she does this. Notice the "retinue" (a circle of workers) surrounding her.
DSC 1631 003
945 hits
A queen is seen laying an egg inside a worker cell. Usually (as far I can tell, 90% of time) she orients her head toward gravity when she is laying eggs. Not sure why she does this.
DSC 1630 002
928 hits
A queen is seen laying an egg inside a worker cell. Usually (as far I can tell, 90% of time) she orients her head toward gravity when she is laying eggs. Not sure why she does this.
DSC 7198washboarding
289 hits
DSC 3862-guarding
295 hits
DSC 3857-nasanov glands
277 hits
DSC 3843-nasanov glands
323 hits
comb-DSC 4174-58219701-O
265 hits
comb-DSC 4171-58219581-O
278 hits
comb-DSC 4170-58219658-O
301 hits
comb-DSC 4168-58219693-O
291 hits
comb-DSC 4167-58219573-O
270 hits
comb-DSC 4165-58219652-O
254 hits
comb-DSC 4164-58219747-O
284 hits
comb-DSC 4161-58219732-O
290 hits
1comb-DSC 4159-61062899-O
353 hits
A queen bee among the workers.
comb-DSC 4158-58219646-O
308 hits
comb-DSC 0365-58219666-O
341 hits
comb-DSC 0363-58219681-O
371 hits
comb-DSC 0361-58219624-O
299 hits
comb-DSC 0359-58219785-O
317 hits
comb-DSC 0335-58219771-O
370 hits
comb-DSC 0333-58219716-O
335 hits
comb-DSC 0317-58219672-O
320 hits
comb-DSC 0316-58219727-O
355 hits
comb-DSC 0302-58219835-O
318 hits
comb-DSC 0301-58219679-O
293 hits
comb-DSC 0300-58219825-O
281 hits