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This photography shows a bee swarm of Apis mellifera on a great maple tree.

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Day 0 (2008-05-21): The bee swarm arrived and settled down on a branch pointing to the south (02:28 p.m., T= 19.0 °C ☼).). (Temperature at night= 5.0°C)

Day 1 (2008-05-22): The bee swarm formed a cone-shaped cluster on the branch. (T=18.0°C cloudy). Some bees went on the scout for a new home. (Temperature at night= 13.0°C)

Day 2 (2008-05-23): The bee swarm left the great marple tree in the time between 11:00 a.m. (T=20.6°C ☼, partly cloudy) and 11:55 a.m. (T=22.1°C ☼, partly cloudy).

The following analysis will attempt to give a conservative estimate based on the assumption that a leaf blade of Acer pseudoplatanus measures from top to the basis 12 cm and the cluster is a straight truncated cone bounded by a plane base in the shape of a circle and another one on top. The bee swarm cluster on the great marple branch measured a length of 60 cm with a maximum width of 20 cm at the upper top and a minimum width of 12 cm at the lower top by an approximate calculated volume of 2.4 litres.
Date Photographed May 23, 2008.
Source Own work
Author T.Voekler

Swarming of honey bees

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