admanga
New Bee
- Joined
- May 20, 2024
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 19
- Location
- Grenoble
- Hive Type
- warre
- Number of Hives
- 1
Late afternoon, there were many more bees outside the hive than ever seen before, perhaps 100 in the air, and many congregating on the stand just below the entrance. These were probably not orientation flights, which were evident early this morning. What was unusual was that many flew under the hive and its stand. It has an open mesh floor. Was this robbing? The few bees fanning at the entrance were not perturbed by the fuss. None were washboarding. While 10 cm below the entrance on the stand, the bees were rushing around madly, but I could not see fighting or the queen among them (keeping a few metres away). Over a 15 minute period, the bees calmed down and went back to work!
In the photo, the step in the hive is explained by it being a Dadant brood box recently mated to a Warre brood box. There is no Dadant entrance despite the existence of the entrance grill. Eventually, the bees will need to build downwards.
(Another one of my hives was evicting drones today)
In the photo, the step in the hive is explained by it being a Dadant brood box recently mated to a Warre brood box. There is no Dadant entrance despite the existence of the entrance grill. Eventually, the bees will need to build downwards.
(Another one of my hives was evicting drones today)