Sounds What does a hive sound like?

[Steve H]

Not sure if this has been asked before, I typed sound in the search but never found a direct answer.
what should new hive/ Nuc Occupied obviously Sound like?
when i get close mine sounds like a bowl of rice crispies IE snap, crackle & pop. at about the same volume too.
I would love to hear (pardon the pun )what others sound like.

 

[bjosephd]

I believe 'snap, crackle, pop' is the sound of comb building.

 

[alldigging]

I believe 'snap, crackle, pop' is the sound of comb building.

Or bees getting squished?


I have heard bees crunching wax at the entrance of a nuc box. They made the entrance bigger and smaller according to what they fancied by filling in with wax.

 

[Roola]

I believe 'snap, crackle, pop' is the sound of comb building.

Or chewing a bigger entrance....

 

[Erichalfbee]

My paynes hive makes that sound as the bees chew it.
One of the nicest sounds is like an air conditioning unit in the evening.

 

[bjosephd]

I had the ROAR of a queenless colony the other day... it's very distinctive and a sad sound to hear =O(

(I added a friend's frame of brood and QCs though, and now they seem to be pretty happy... am guessing/hoping there is a virgin queen in there now waiting to get out for a day on the tiles ;O) )

 

[REDWOOD]

Piping is a sound not often heard.

 

[masterBK]

I use apideas and having stocked them with bees and queen cells keep 18 of them in my garage for 2 or 3 days prior to setting them out so hear Q piping every time I go in my garage to give them a spray of water. Anyone heard workers in a colony piping prior to the swarm leaving?