More than 100 beekeepers in La Palma, an island of 80,000 inhabitants, manage hives with millions of honeybees. More than 100 beekeepers manage hives in La Palma The bees also made sure to leave a little opening so that they could use it later to escape," Quesada was quoted by the American daily as saying. "They shielded themselves against the gases.
Shot in one day cycles the video shows 2 full years one during the daytime and one during the night. The video showcases the start of our season system. Propolis, a resin-like material often referred to as bee glue, was utilised by the Canary black bees to enclose themselves inside the hive, he said. YouTube Video: Survive the Nights - Season Time Lapse (Dynamic Snow 1 Day Intervals) Views: 39,273. Rescuers had to wait 50 days until it was safe to open the hives, and were surprised to find that five of the six bee houses had survived.Īccording to Antonio Quesada, a beekeeper in the Canary Islands and spokesperson for the Gran Canaria Beekeepers Association, the bees not only survived the volcano's heat and poisonous gases, but they also avoided starvation by feeding off honey supplies inside the hive, The New York Times reported. He stated that it's astonishing how such a tiny animal can have that tenacity, that ability to survive. Description from the designer: Survive the Night is a 1-6 player boardgame where the group must use crafting, combat, and strategy to survive the onslaught. Six hives located only 600 metres from the La Palma volcano have been entirely or partially buried by a thick layer of ash since the volcano began erupting in mid-September.
In what could be termed as miraculous, thousands of bees have survived weeks of being covered in volcanic ash in Spain's Canary Islands.