On this ghastly day QB has been making candles.
Beeswax has been used for making candles for centuries.
The wax is produced in tiny scales secreted from between the workers'
abdomen scales and is molded by their mandibles.
Wax can be remoulded and formed into all sorts of shapes - a truly flexible
material!
Beeswax candles burn slowly, without drips and smoke. As a bonus they scent
the air with that lovely smell of honey and summer.
The Blue hive has scores of dead bees outside its front door. There has
probably been some robbing by their neighbours - Red, Yellow, Silver.
A battle between raiders and the home team results in many deaths.
They've just come home and have some bee-delicious honey comb. This is
unresistible to the other bees who are being fed on sugar syrup! No contest!
Also the colonies will now be throwing out their drones. They simply can't
afford to feed them precious stores over the winter.
QB is looking forward to hibernating soon1
XXQBXX
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