SJH
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2009
- Messages
- 29
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- Location
- Kent
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 2 + nuc
The bees are nice and active foraging frequently in warm weather over the last few days, yesterday they were busily fanning the hive in the afternoon.
There was an interesting rustling or crackling noise coming from the porch area of the hive, does anyone know the source of the sound? It’s not piping. It sounds like their wing tips hitting another surface.
I opened the roof and listened; there was no sound inside, from the brood area. It was coming from the porch area, just inside and out. From a distance of 5m it sounded like small twigs crackling on a fire. Up close (30cm) it was almost like numerous playing cards hitting the spokes on a bicycle wheel (spokies) or static electricity crackling.
Edit
I have uploaded a short clip .avi to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0XTccnr20
There was an interesting rustling or crackling noise coming from the porch area of the hive, does anyone know the source of the sound? It’s not piping. It sounds like their wing tips hitting another surface.
I opened the roof and listened; there was no sound inside, from the brood area. It was coming from the porch area, just inside and out. From a distance of 5m it sounded like small twigs crackling on a fire. Up close (30cm) it was almost like numerous playing cards hitting the spokes on a bicycle wheel (spokies) or static electricity crackling.
Edit
I have uploaded a short clip .avi to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0XTccnr20
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