Building comb in English bee-feeder.

[fiat500bee]

This was fitted in its custom eke above a matching, "multi-purpose crown-board" a couple of weeks ago. I noticed the bees had started building fragments of stray comb in the gap between the two plastic cones but today I can see that they will soon have blocked themselves out of the syrup. That in itself is no problem...their loss. But I can see that they are intent on blocking the whole "chimney", which will be glueing the whole thing together. So I must prepare for a bit of a challenge on next inspection.

I know nothing with bees is necessarily "normal", but is this behaviour something to be expected just now?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

do your bees really need feeding at the moment?

 

[Erichalfbee]

This was fitted in its custom eke above a matching, "multi-purpose crown-board" a couple of weeks ago. I noticed the bees had started building fragments of stray comb in the gap between the two plastic cones but today I can see that they will soon have blocked themselves out of the syrup. That in itself is no problem...their loss. But I can see that they are intent on blocking the whole "chimney", which will be glueing the whole thing together. So I must prepare for a bit of a challenge on next inspection.

I know nothing with bees is necessarily "normal", but is this behaviour something to be expected just now?

Maybe they are full of syrup and have nowhere else to put it?

 

[fiat500bee]

Yes, true, probably got enough feed now. It was a small nuc hived only a month ago....north Scotland. I'm going to remove next inspection.