大阪駅前バスターミナルでレスキューした日本ミツバチ（ジャパニーズ）ですが、
なんと、服部緑地が気に入ったようで絶賛子育て開始しています。
日本ミツバチは体がセイヨウミツバチより小さいので、既存の巣枠は使えません。
今回は外枠だけを入れて、自分たちで巣を作ってもらう方法にしました。
空の枠にびっしりと巣を張ってしっかり子育てを始めています。
ここまでになると定着したと考えて良いので、引き続き経過観察していきたいと思います。
しかし、六角形ちっちゃい！
つづく
At the Osaka Station Bus Terminal, we rescued a Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) and something amazing happened. It seems to have taken a liking to Hattori Ryokuchi Park and has enthusiastically begun raising its young.
Japanese honeybees are smaller than European honeybees, so they cannot use existing honeycomb frames. This time, we only provided the outer frame and allowed them to build their own nest.
They have densely built their nest within the empty frame and have started the parenting process. Considering the progress so far, we can assume that they have successfully settled. We will continue to observe their development.
However, the hexagons are so tiny!
To be continued.
