tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303190752011-04-21T21:57:09.551-07:00reflections on the human impact on the landscape and how we can facilitate natural processes.r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-56831141516967355752007-09-04T21:55:00.000-07:002007-09-04T21:56:41.945-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E6lR6_7rSMM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E6lR6_7rSMM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-5683114151696735575?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-112702030291692512007-09-04T21:44:00.000-07:002007-09-04T21:46:35.588-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zowCCPah8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zowCCPah8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-11270203029169251?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-3780036590692595452007-09-04T21:27:00.000-07:002007-09-04T21:28:49.952-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5xRtH2LO7vY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5xRtH2LO7vY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-378003659069259545?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-81229452043032977972007-09-04T20:49:00.000-07:002007-09-04T20:50:43.412-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYPoT_f_64c"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYPoT_f_64c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-8122945204303297797?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151855422098968722006-07-02T08:47:00.000-07:002006-07-11T21:00:16.256-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 227px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">because this had been a free hanging colony of feral bees, i left the hive top open wide, and all of the bees had returned to the hive before dark<br /><br />most of the comb containing honey was left outside the hive entrance for the bees<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1095.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">the bees soon began to cluster on the vines i had left just outside of the hive; but since it was getting late in the afternoon i was not overly concerned about a full blown swarm </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 227px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1091.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">i clipped the vines and shook the bees back on top of the frames, and puffed some smoke on the arbor</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1092.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">the next thing i know, <span style="font-weight: bold;">bees were in the air all around me</span><br /><br />i guess the honeybees had decided that i had messed with them just a little too much, and they were starting to cluster in the grape arbor nearby<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185542209896872?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151855106862900452006-07-02T08:42:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:14:56.160-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1087.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 226px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1087.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">a worker grooming herself only seconds after emergence</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1085.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 226px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1086.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">as i was working i was able to observe worker bees chewing the caps off their cells</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185510686290045?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151854907715883792006-07-02T08:38:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:10:30.450-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 222px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1079.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">worker, cells with eggs, and a few capped worker cells<br /><br />(click on the photo for a closer view)<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 222px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1082.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">this is the same section of comb after it was removed<br /><br />a total of six shallow frames of eggs and capped brood were removed from this colony and placed into frames<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 398px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1080.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">a section of comb that is still attached to the rest of the colony<br /><br />from left to right:<br />new, empty comb<br />capped worker cells<br />older worker cells that have already hatched out - now containing new eggs<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1084.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 223px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1084.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">this is how the frame looks full of comb<br /><br />the bees will draw out comb to fill in the gaps</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185490771588379?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151854659832983592006-07-02T08:28:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:09:26.166-07:00<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 223px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1078.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />sections of comb placed into shallow frames and held in place with rubber bands<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1077.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">a good-sized piece of brood comb with capped worker cells and many eggs<br /><br />notice there are no capped larvae anywhere- this colony was missing a queen for a period of time<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 397px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1076.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />separating the comb by pulling the blackberry canes outward<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 399px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1074.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">although there was much comb, the bees had been able to store only a little bit of honey<br /><br />this made the job of removing sections of brood comb much easier<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 391px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1075.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Apis labia<br /></span>wavy layers of comb seen after applying a little bit of smoke</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185465983298359?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151854069611631642006-07-02T08:19:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:08:02.303-07:00<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 375px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1072.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />the following morning i covered the bucket containing the bees with a sheet and transported them home at dawn</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 221px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1070.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />close up view of colony measuring @ 30"L X 18"W<br /><br />the blackberries were cut away from the colony then the entire colony of honeybees was removed and placed in a large bucket in the afternoon<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 396px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1067.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">free hanging colony of bees</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">found living in blackberries on</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the edge of town on 06/28/2006</span><br /><br />the comb is built around 5-6 blackberry canes<br /><br />(photo taken after the colony had been removed from the blackberries and transported home)<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185406961163164?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151853495312262172006-07-02T08:10:00.000-07:002006-07-02T08:18:15.313-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/1600/IMGP1109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/400/IMGP1109.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">capturing a feral colony of honeybees</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30319075-115185349531226217?l=rpaulg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>r paul GORDONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107819248677835912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30319075.post-1151387403078233582006-06-26T22:48:00.000-07:002006-07-02T08:06:14.263-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/640/prunella%20vulgaris_erigeron%20decumbens_potentilla%20gracillis_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8181/3249/320/prunella%20vulgaris_erigeron%20decumbens_potentilla%20gracillis_2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">reflections on our our role in the landscape and ways we can facilitate natural processes<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />willamette daisy<br />(erigeron decumbens)<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; 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