forest hut

17th November, 2022 
Thursday 

Niger (Guizotia Abyssinica) is an oilseed & flowers from October to January. It’s a storehouse of nectar & pollen.

We observed Apis cerana indica, the species of bee we have in the boxes, collecting nectar & pollen from the Niger flowers.

We also saw wild bees on the flowers.

The rock bees, Apis dorsata are big & are the bees that build those large honeycombs on tall trees & rocks.

Apis florea, little bees, on the other hand are quite small as their name suggests.

It was a magical sight to see 3 species of bees at the same time, on the same flowers.