Checking out the hive in style 😎 Those interested in beekeeping, we will have a general body meeting with @ccny.green on Tuesday October 7th. Keep a lookout for a post with more info soon!
Hoppy Spring!! 🐰🌸 Bunnies can enjoy our delicious honey too!
As the warm weather has started to return, and so will the opportunity to help partake in CCNY Green's Beekeeping club! By this Fall we anticipate our bee hive to return back to the roof of Spitzer, so for those who are interested make sure to follow for upcoming beekeeper opportunities 🐝
Today CCNY Green extracted honey for the first time this year. Beekeepers Evelyn, Pop, Isabella and professor Volkmann extracted over 20 pounds of honey within 10 frames! 4 frames will be extracted IN-STUDIO soon! Make sure to follow @ccny.green for updates on the event!
#beekeeping #honey
Today, beekeepers Viviana and Pop visited our bees with Professor Volkmann! They inspected our boxes for any signs of trouble, to assess the honey development, and for general clean up. As the winter season is rolling in, it is vital for our hive to stay warm, and to help them, our beekeepers shortened our hive by taking out two boxes. Expect to see honey extraction this week!
In the second clip, the strong buzz you hear is the sound of the bees’ wings beating thousands of times per minute- the larger the bee, the slower the wingbeat and the lower the pitch of the resulting buzz. Honey bees produce many frequencies of vibration and sound – from less than 10 to more than 1000 Hz.
Beekeeping with @ccny.green at our Spitzer RoofPod has been successfully raising awareness about bees and their importance in our ecosystem since 2016! Let’s take a look back to many fun filled memories and appreciate all previous beekeepers throughout the years.
Although the bees are back after our long hiatus caused by the pandemic, (for the first time) our bees are NOT on Spitzer grounds. We are doing our best to work with administration and facilities at @ccnycitycollege but yet again our requests have been turned down. We will continue to push forward requests and proposals but thank you all for the support!
Photo Credits: @roberto_nasr@hiweiweiwei@supermanslife@lindsay.ruotolo@ccny.green@christianvolkmann1276
Look at our summer season honey! The sweetest it will be! 🍯
As fall is rolling in, the changes in the flowers and plants will cause our next patch of honey to taste different, so try this version while you still can! @ccny.green
This week, beekeepers Kathrine, Pop, and Viviana worked with Professor Volkmann to carry out another round of inspections: honey production, mite control, and looking out for potential problems! Our hive has produced alot of honey and will be extracted in 2 weeks!
How do you reduce the risk of a mite infestation? For us, we used oxalic acid. In powder form, we add it to the entry at the base of our box (captured in Image 1), which evaporates into steam with the internal heat of the hive and harm any hiding mites.
If you want to purchase your very own CCNY Green honey, check out @ccny.green
Attention everyone! We’ve got honey!! 🍯
Beekeepers Isabella, Pop, and Sherzod extracted our first set of honey yesterday! Our good friend Martin helped with the extraction process and now our bees have a whole set of frames to rebuild and make more honey!
Did you know? 🐝
Honeybees huddle together in a ball, which is what bees call the cluster. They do this to concentrate their heat and will cluster together into as tight a ball as necessary to stay warm.
With less surface area to lose heat through, the cluster reduces its heat loss. In addition, some bees crawl into empty cells deep within the cluster. The cell-bound bees make the cluster more compact, which helps the cluster to retain more heat. #thatshot
Source: American Bee Journal
Beekeepers Katherine and Viviana checked on our bees last week! Look at these patterns, the start of beeswaxing!
Beeswax is the material that forms the basis of honeycomb. Honey bees extract wax from their abdomen and use this to build comb. Comb is made up of hundreds of tiny hexagonal wax cells. The bees essentially use these cells for storage.
#spitzerbees #beesatspitzer #ccny #honeycombs #beekeeping
