| Grease is placed on suspention wires
to prevent ants from entering the hives. It works! |
Wasps may occupy an empty hive before bees swarm into them.
If this happens they have to be removed manually.Here two wasps are seen
fighting at the entance to a J.H.H, which they had occupied. |
In this picture three worker bees are seen fanning air out
of a J.H.H. This is done to help the ventalation of the hive, both for
cooling and to evaporate water from nectar to form honey. |
| Guard bees protect the entrance to their hive. Here the
aggresive stance can be seen in both these bees as they await to inspect
any bees returning from the field. They also release pheremones to warn
the hive of attack from preditors and other bees. |
A J.H.H suspended from trees in Northern Mozambique as part
of a rural development project. Note that the vegitation is cleared beneath
the hives to protect against fire. The hives are suspended at an ergonomic
height for easy management of the hives. |
A typical road in Zambezia province, Mozambique, giving
access to apriary sites and the "Miombo" vegetation found in
this region. The bees use this as their nectar and pollen sources, while
the hives are suspended directly in the trees. |
