Firegazer
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2009
- Messages
- 291
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 3
Is there any difference between 'good natured' bees that don't attack the Beekeeper, meet him/her at a distance, follow her/him miles afterwards, etc etc and 'defensively retarded' bees?
Put another way: shouldn't all bees be grumpy when something opens their hive and prods about in it, including Beekeepers?
Is there a genetic trait that leads bees to tolerate 'their' Beekeeper but still lets them be feisty/defensive/aggressive to mice, woodpeckers, bears, skunks, other bees trying to rob them and wasps?
FG
Put another way: shouldn't all bees be grumpy when something opens their hive and prods about in it, including Beekeepers?
Is there a genetic trait that leads bees to tolerate 'their' Beekeeper but still lets them be feisty/defensive/aggressive to mice, woodpeckers, bears, skunks, other bees trying to rob them and wasps?
FG