Apiary

jamest

I like how you have painted them in different colours,you have both done a excellent job,a beautiful shot.

#1 Wed August 8, 2012 6:39pm

angela taylor

They are like a row of beach huts,I like your hives.a beautiful shot. Angela

love your self

#2 Wed August 8, 2012 6:47pm

JarKo

Bees recognize mainly 2 (visible for humans) colors: yellow and blue. They can also see near UV. Bees also perfectly distinguish white and black.
But graph of hue sensitivity of their eyes shows 3 peaks: for yellow, green and blue - so we painted hives using various shades of these colors. With white semicircle pointing them "door".

Anyway, hive color is not deciding . Bees have excellent spacial orientation - something like personal GPS - which allows them to imprint in memory exact position of their "home". The accuracy is +/- 0.5m in left/right direction and +/- 1 m front/rear direction. They also notice rotation of hive position as tiny, as 1 deg.
Surely, they remember neighbourhood: trees, bushes, etc.

Apart from that each family has its own smell.

So any bee uses 3 different skills to find out her own home: remembering position, scent and recognizing color.

#3 Wed August 8, 2012 8:00pm

BOBWED

Thank you for the very informative comments above. A fine row of hives. Lovely color.

#4 Thu August 9, 2012 12:19am

usntm1ret

they are different for Bee hive but I like them .

#5 Thu August 9, 2012 12:58pm