HighlandWozza
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2010
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- Location
- Highlands of Scotland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I am a total newbie. I have three hives, all of different provenance and I've had them for a couple of months. I'm trying to get my head around every thing that I read but also everything I observe.
One of my hives contains small stripy bees that are very aggressive. They behave differently from the other two. The other bees tend to fly and dive bomb if pissed off but these ones "fizz" onto the gloves and cover them. Fizz is the only verb I can think of to describe the way that they leap out of the frames and onto the gloves so lightening fast. Then one of them will sting a glove and they fill the air with fury. This happens despite me being ultra gentle and under any weather conditions. They are just nasty bees, I think.
Anyone shed any light on this for me? Is this a particular strain of bees that is aggressive or can all bees be like this? Should I requeen? Might they have some positive traits that I should look out for?
One of my hives contains small stripy bees that are very aggressive. They behave differently from the other two. The other bees tend to fly and dive bomb if pissed off but these ones "fizz" onto the gloves and cover them. Fizz is the only verb I can think of to describe the way that they leap out of the frames and onto the gloves so lightening fast. Then one of them will sting a glove and they fill the air with fury. This happens despite me being ultra gentle and under any weather conditions. They are just nasty bees, I think.
Anyone shed any light on this for me? Is this a particular strain of bees that is aggressive or can all bees be like this? Should I requeen? Might they have some positive traits that I should look out for?