Sneaky old bees.

[kazmcc]

We combined a colony last week and Dusty closed the top entrance that night. He said there were still a few confused bees hanging around the top entrance, but they would disappear over night, only to appear again the next day. How strange we thought. While Dusty was preparing the equipment I went for a look. They had pushed the block out just enough for them to come back and transfer what they had foraged with a group of waiting bees. Loads of little faces peeping up at me. Has anyone else seen this?

 

[enrico]

I reckon the one on the end has a jemmy hidden under her wing!
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[Swarm]

That wedge could lose 1/4" so it fits

 

[kazmcc]

It fits quite snugly, that's what amazed me, and the boxes haven't been touched since he put the block in. They've been using that entrance for quite a while, I'm thinking they kept trying to leave and pushed it out. It just looks that way because they pushed one side out further