{"id":538,"date":"2014-11-11T20:15:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:05:20","slug":"beecam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/beecam\/","title":{"rendered":"BeeCam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n        function submitForm() {\n            let form = document.getElementById(\"BeeCam1_id\");\n            form.submit();\n        }\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\">NaplesBees.com Apiary <br \/>\nLive BeeCams HD Streaming Video<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are currently six BeeCams &#8230;. #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>All my BeeCams use the standard RTSP protocol for streaming high <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>definition video.\u00a0 Your phone or PC viewing platform will need a video <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>player that is capable of directly playing an RTSP streamed video format.\u00a0 The BeeCam feeds are not hosted on any commercial or cloud service, but are fed 24\/7 from streaming equipment based at the NaplesBees apiary.<br \/>\n<a title=\"my Vietnam era flag hanging in apiary.\" href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6708\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-130x88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-130x88.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-2048x1383.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-624x421.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/apiary_flag_from_army-days-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Browsers don&#8217;t generally directly play RTSP video streams used by cameras.\u00a0 But there are many free RTSP video player programs that can.\u00a0 An RTSP capable video player such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VLC<\/a>\u00a0 or <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/potplayer.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PotPlayer<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">can easily be used to see the live video stream links shown below. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_7727\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7727\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7727\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-1024x406.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-130x52.jpg 130w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-1536x610.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame-624x248.jpg 624w, https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/BeeCam_6_camera_frame.jpg 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BeeCams on a late summer afternoon. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>24\/7 LIVE NaplesBees BeeCam links below!<\/strong><\/span> <br \/>\nGet that 24\/7 bee watching fix here&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 108%; border: 4px solid red;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #ccf1ff; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rtsp.me\/embed\/T4Gz72ED\/\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n--> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #1<\/span><br \/>\nBeeCam #1 shows a camera view of various stands holding hives. This view may change from time to time as the camera is remote controlled. <br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:see@naplesbees.ddns.net:2661\/live\/ch1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BeeCam1 RTSP view<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--\n[contact-form-7 id=\"a5361f2\" title=\"RTSP_click\" html_id=\"BeeCam1_id\"]\n--><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #e0d7ff; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\"><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rtsp.me\/embed\/zGzayt63\/\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n--> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #2<\/span> <br \/>\nBeeCam #2 shows a camera view of the entire apiary, which usually consists of around 15-20 hives. This view may change from time to time as the camera is remote controlled.<br \/>\n<a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:see@naplesbees.ddns.net:2662\/live\/ch1\">BeeCam2 RTSP view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #ffcce1; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #3<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">BeeCam #3 is frequently moved around <br \/>\nto show a close up of a specific hive<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:beecam5035!@naplesbees.ddns.net:2668\/media\/live\/1\/1\">BeeCam3 RTSP view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #d7eeff; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #4<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">BeeCam #4 is frequently moved around <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">to show a close up of a specific hive<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:beecam5035!@naplesbees.ddns.net:2667\/media\/live\/1\/1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">BeeCam4 RTSP view<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #ffcce1; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #5<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">BeeCam #5 is frequently moved around <br \/>\nto show various angles of some stands<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:beecam5035@naplesbees.ddns.net:2665\">BeeCam5 RTSP view<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9259%; background-color: #d7eeff; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BeeCam #6<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">BeeCam #6 is frequently moved around <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">to show various angles of some stands<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"rtsp:\/\/busybees:beecam5035@naplesbees.ddns.net:2666\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">BeeCam6 RTSP view<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 99.8518%;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong>BeeCams #3, #4, #5, and #6 show a close up camera views of selected hives&#8217; entrances. <br \/>\nActivity at the individual bee level can be observed. <br \/>\nBeeCams #5 and #6 show a wider view of stands with hives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">Short video of BeeCams in the evening shown below:<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-538-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" loop preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apiary_evening_Recording-2026-08-12.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apiary_evening_Recording-2026-08-12.mp4\">https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Apiary_evening_Recording-2026-08-12.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<strong>The live BeeCams may be repositioned at any time in order to show other viewing angles in our apiary. <br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It may take 10-15 seconds for the above link to connect to the BeeCam video streaming service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"> Bees are most active at the entrance during late morning till mid afternoon. Bees making the transition from nurse bees to foragers will explosively emerge in mass in the mid afternoon hours and perform their orientation flight in front of the hive. Depending on brood population\/weather\/season, it can be a spectacular sight to behold. Also, one can sometimes tell what flora is available by observing the color of the pollen sacs on the legs of returning bees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Why the honeybee is so <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/growing-california-almonds-takes-half-us-honeybees\/story?id=52265334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">important to everyone<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Another interesting and great <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100367111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video of bees<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NaplesBees.com Apiary Live BeeCams HD Streaming Video There are currently six BeeCams &#8230;. #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 All my BeeCams use the standard RTSP protocol for streaming high definition video.\u00a0 Your phone or PC viewing platform will need a video player that is capable of directly playing an RTSP streamed video format.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":410,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8305,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions\/8305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}