The honey comb is cut cleanly. The honey harvester leaves a bit of honey on the comb, as well as the pollen and the brood. In the day, most of the bees chased away during the harvest return to their comb. If the flowers continue to blossom, they bring honey back to the comb again and the collectors will return a week later to again harvest the honey. This semi-domestication is an ingenious means of countering the natural instinct of the giant bees, which migrate over several hundred...
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The honey comb is cut cleanly. The honey harvester leaves a bit of honey on the comb, as well as the pollen and the brood. In the day, most of the bees chased away during the harvest return to their comb. If the flowers continue to blossom, they bring honey back to the comb again and the collectors will return a week later to again harvest the honey. This semi-domestication is an ingenious means of countering the natural instinct of the giant bees, which migrate over several hundred kilometers each year and easily change nests. ///La galette de miel est coupée proprement. L’apiculteur laisse un peu de miel sur le rayon, ainsi que le pollen et le couvain. En journée, la plupart des abeilles chassées pour la récolte retourne à leur rayon. Si les floraisons continuent, elles rentreront à nouveau du miel et les collecteurs reviendront dans une semaine récolter une nouvelle fois le miel. Cette semi-domestication est un moyen ingénieur pour contre l’instinct des abeilles géantes qui migrent chaque année sur plusieurs centaines de kilomètres et changent de nid facilement.
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