- Joined
- Jan 24, 2018
- Messages
- 281
- Reaction score
- 172
- Location
- Bosham, W. Sussex
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4+
In the last week lots of bees have been flying despite the cold weather. But every day there have been dead and dying bees around the hives, now probably amounting to hundreds. Never seen this sort of thing before. Behind the hives is paved and there are couple of dozen bees lying dead each day. Also on surfaces near and on the hives are many dead and dying bees. Also 50 or more drowned on the surface of the nearby pond despite lots of landing places. Who knows how many more have died on the grass nearby. They just don't seem to have made it back to the hives.
Is this due to the cold? Plenty of stores, forage and a field of OSR 100m away.
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Is this due to the cold? Plenty of stores, forage and a field of OSR 100m away.
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