Sadders
House Bee
- Joined
- May 28, 2012
- Messages
- 258
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- 0
- Location
- London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
Can you tell the difference between a bee scouting for a place to house a swarm and a forager bee?
I have an unused hive (open entrance and full of frames, some foundation and some drawn) sitting bye my french window. I'm enjoying watching the interest it is picking up from the bees. Usually one or two at a time, tentatively circling at first then going in. The interest is picking up. At first was an occasional bee, now most of the time there seems to be a constant trickle of bees checking it out.
Are these likely to be foragers who can smell the beeswax or am I about to get lucky and catch myself a swarm?
I have an unused hive (open entrance and full of frames, some foundation and some drawn) sitting bye my french window. I'm enjoying watching the interest it is picking up from the bees. Usually one or two at a time, tentatively circling at first then going in. The interest is picking up. At first was an occasional bee, now most of the time there seems to be a constant trickle of bees checking it out.
Are these likely to be foragers who can smell the beeswax or am I about to get lucky and catch myself a swarm?