Comments on: Friday Pic #4: Princess http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/ We get only one. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Greg Laden's Blog http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-335 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:37:53 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-335 <strong>The Tangled Bank</strong> This is the February 20, 2008 edition of The Tangled Bank web carnival. The next edition will be hosted at Archaeoporn.... The Tangled Bank

This is the February 20, 2008 edition of The Tangled Bank web carnival. The next edition will be hosted at Archaeoporn….

]]> by: Hampus http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-327 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:01:28 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-327 I can has goalkeeper? I can has goalkeeper?

]]> by: Felicia Gilljam http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-325 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:46:34 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-325 Martin; Well, we could leave them in the hive to hatch, but putting them in an incubator gives us a little more control. For instance it's guaranteed that the old queen (the one that's in the hive which nursed the larvae) can't sting them to death! Since we need to take them out to put cages over the capped cells in any case (otherwise the newborn queens would disappear into the hive and eventually kill each other until there's just the one left, and that would render the whole procedure pointless), putting them back into the hive seems unnecessary if you have an incubator. And if you left them in room temperature they'd die; the pupae need a constant temperature of about 34 centigrade to develop properly. Martin; Well, we could leave them in the hive to hatch, but putting them in an incubator gives us a little more control. For instance it’s guaranteed that the old queen (the one that’s in the hive which nursed the larvae) can’t sting them to death! Since we need to take them out to put cages over the capped cells in any case (otherwise the newborn queens would disappear into the hive and eventually kill each other until there’s just the one left, and that would render the whole procedure pointless), putting them back into the hive seems unnecessary if you have an incubator.

And if you left them in room temperature they’d die; the pupae need a constant temperature of about 34 centigrade to develop properly.

]]> by: Martin R http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-324 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:47:30 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-324 "When they are old enough to be capped, we take them out of the hive, put a small cage around each capped cell, and put them in an incubator." Why is this step necessary? “When they are old enough to be capped, we take them out of the hive, put a small cage around each capped cell, and put them in an incubator.”

Why is this step necessary?

]]> by: Felicia Gilljam http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-323 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:53:39 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-323 Thanks guys! I'm sure there'll be more posts about the intricacies of beekeeping as well as bee biology in the future, as after all a fresh season is about to begin. :) It's not yet time to look into the hives to see if they made it through the winter, but soon! Thanks guys! I’m sure there’ll be more posts about the intricacies of beekeeping as well as bee biology in the future, as after all a fresh season is about to begin. :) It’s not yet time to look into the hives to see if they made it through the winter, but soon!

]]> by: the chaplain http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-322 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:05:37 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-322 That is fascinating. I'm really impressed. That is fascinating. I’m really impressed.

]]> by: Glynn http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-321 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:51:48 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2008/02/15/friday-pic-4-princess/#comment-321 Wow, that's very cool. I'd no idea you could do all of that. Wow, that’s very cool. I’d no idea you could do all of that.

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