Fight to the death

[Macapacas]

Sat in the garden and my bait boxes are covered in bees. I thought great and left them to make their minds up. On closer inspection it’s a blood bath bees fighting and dying everywhere, looks like there is a more orange and darker bees in the conflict. I use an old frame of wax and lemongrass as bait in my boxes, so no food in there. Has anyone come across this before or have any suggestions what is happening?

 

[Sutty]

Maybe 2 swarms have arrived at once?

 

[enrico]

no idea if there is no food there!

 

[blackcloud]

Multiple swarms.

 

[Antipodes]

Sat in the garden and my bait boxes are covered in bees. I thought great and left them to make their minds up. On closer inspection it’s a blood bath bees fighting and dying everywhere, looks like there is a more orange and darker bees in the conflict. I use an old frame of wax and lemongrass as bait in my boxes, so no food in there. Has anyone come across this before or have any suggestions what is happening?

How many boxes are covered?

 

[Macapacas]

Update: Moved one of the boxes last night abit further away from the other bait box and this morning about 8:30 the first swarm arrived followed shortly after by a second. My guess like has been suggested were that the two swarms scouts skirmishing on the boxes.

 

[Ian123]

This forums great for snippets/info and observations like this. You do on the odd occasion have to be careful of the source, after all some say Kent is remote but collective observations are often informative and valuable.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

This forums great for snippets/info and observations like this. You do on the odd occasion have to be careful of the source, after all some say Kent is remote but collective observations are often informative and valuable.

Kent is certainly remote at the current price of diesel fuel!

 

[Buzzo]

Seen this myself -fighting between groups of Scouts . And I thought The Scouts were friendly .

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

And I though The Scouts were friendly

depends whose turn it is in the barrel

 

[Do224]

Update: Moved one of the boxes last night abit further away from the other bait box and this morning about 8:30 the first swarm arrived followed shortly after by a second. My guess like has been suggested were that the two swarms scouts skirmishing on the boxes.

Interesting that they still came after you moved the box…obviously takes more than that to put them off