Essexgary
House Bee
- Joined
- May 17, 2010
- Messages
- 115
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- Location
- uk; bedfordshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi all, apiguard off last sunday, and I lowered the inspection tray back to its normal place. Feeding started. Now, I have noticed about 10/20 bees hanging around the underneath of the mesh-floor (outside) and the corner of the beehaus, where the leg meets the pastic seems to be getting a lot of interest. I have the wasp guard on, and with them being a new-ish nuc, covered up the left hand entrance holes on the wasp guard. So in effect they have 2 holes on the right hand side to get in and out. This has been working well with a nice queue most days. But I'm wondering why some bees are collecting underneath and also why they are landing on the stand, trotting underneath etc.. I can't tell if they are getting in that way but will check when I inspect at the weekend. Imagine there is a dollop of syrup permenantly where the coloured plastic meets the grey plastic, just where the stand is bolted on and you'll have a good idea where the activity is happening. I haven't spilt any syrup, that I can tell... Any thoughts? Thank, Gary