Flying practice for mating flight! New queen bee's orientation flight ~24th day of close observat...

The true queen kills her sister by drilling a hole in the queen cell and burying the pupa inside....

A queen cell that had been slightly nibbled and hardened with beeswax? Could it have been the wor...

Worker bees swarm to drive out the queen bee... The seventh victim ~ 22nd day of close observatio...

Relentless kicking by worker bees... The battle for the throne enters the final stages ~Day 21 of...

A seemingly peaceful open hive, but inside, a bloody battle between queen bees is taking place......

The departure of a swarm led by the fourth or fifth daughter ~20th day of close observation of an...

Two queen bees hatched in one hour!? A battle royale between the three queen bees is inevitable!?...

Has a queen bee with the dignity of a king finally been born?! ~Open hive close-up, Day 18, April...

The long-awaited swarm has finally arrived! Just when I was about to give up... ~Day 18 of an ope...

A swarm has occurred in another colony! But the open hive... ~18th day of observing the open hive...

With the fourth and fifth daughters living together, and the sixth one about to hatch, will they ...

The perfect crime!? The mystery of the missing third daughter. The fourth and fifth daughters are...

Weekend chicken farmer!? I hatched and moved six chicks in one day! #chickens #hatching #chicks

A colony without a queen... yet the mysterious behavior of worker bees preventing the queen from ...

The new queen bee has been expelled again. Will the three queen bees, who are about to emerge, fi...

Worker bees even drive out the new queen... Even if they win the fight between queens, they can't...

A fatal battle between three queen bees. ~Day 13 of an open hive~ #JapaneseHoneyBee #OpenHive #In...

My eldest and second daughters have finally hatched! Three queen bees in one colony! ~Day 12 of a...

A strange open nest where the bees don't seem to be swarming or hatching... ~Day 11 of observing ...

It's the day my eldest daughter is due to hatch! But the mother won't leave. ~10th day of observi...

Why do bees fill up on honey before moving? #JapaneseHoneybees #HiveDivision #Swarming

The mother queen bee stays until the very end... Will mother and daughter kill each other?! ~Day ...

Weekend chicken farmer!? Silkie and Nagoya Cochin chicks have hatched! #chickens #hatching #chicks

The first princess will emerge in three days... Will the mother queen depart?! ~Day 8 of an open ...

The shocking moment when the queen bee is expelled from the hive! #JapaneseHoneyBee #QueenBee

Three queen bees are scheduled to emerge on the same day! I have a feeling one of them will be el...

Eight queen bee candidates are growing up vigorously. Swarming is almost here! ~Day 6 of an open ...

I tried feeding chicken to a small hornet! #Hornet rearing #Hornet observation #Insect observation

Why do hornets attack black? #hornets #blackclothes #sting

I exterminated the yellow hornets on my balcony! #YellowHornet #HornetExtermination

A queen bee candidate who didn't even make it to pupa! The fourth daughter was eliminated by the ...

Hornets don't store honey!? #hornets #honey #bees

Why do hornet nests suddenly appear? #Hornet #Beehive

How can I avoid making a hornet on the road angry? #Hornet #Hownottomakeitangry

Three queen bees are scheduled to emerge on the same day! What will happen? ~Day 4 of an open hiv...

Robbery by a small hornet? Paper wasp with no larvae left #paperwasp #insectobservation

Only two adults left? A paper wasp's nest is being eaten away by a parasitic moth #paperwasp #par...

As a thank you for observing, I gave a Japanese paper wasp a water bug! #Japanesepaperwasp #paper...

If a paper wasp gets lost, it has a hard time finding its way back. #Yamatopaperwasp #paperwasp #...

Is a bee sting life-threatening? #Bee #IfYouGetStinged

Protective clothing, gloves, and boots are a great way to avoid bee stings! #bees #howtoavoidstings

A paper wasp that survives being parasitized by a moth larva... #paperwasp #parasiticmoth #insect...

We discovered a flightless honeybee that had just hatched. #Japanesehoneybee #opennest #insectobs...

I tried marking the queen cells where the queen bees grow with Posca! ~Day 3 of an open hive ~ #J...

A male emerges at a time like this!? It's a mystery whether this paper wasp is doing well or not....

The pupae and larvae suddenly disappeared!? Paper wasps in grave danger #paperwasp #insectobserva...

The goal of single parenting! Finally, the worker bees hatched! Japanese paper wasps in the parki...