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Drone Bee
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2009
- Messages
- 1,875
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- Location
- Merseyside
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12
In my home apiary which is about 4m square and paved, I have 4 full hives and a nuc. Most days, I can see about 30 bees including a few drones, just walking about on the flags over the whole apiary site. This isnt a lot of bees, I know, so I'm not worried about disease, but what is going on? It's curious to watch as they seem lively enough and often 2 bees will meet, have a little conversation (exchange food?) then cary on on their separate ways. They never seem to fly off again.
I thought at first that they were probably young bees that I had spilled on the ground during inspections and I put ramps up into each hive. This hasnt made any difference and it's 6 days since my last inspection, so I wouldnt have thought they would survive that long out of the hive.
Can one of the experienced beeks offer an explanation.
I thought at first that they were probably young bees that I had spilled on the ground during inspections and I put ramps up into each hive. This hasnt made any difference and it's 6 days since my last inspection, so I wouldnt have thought they would survive that long out of the hive.
Can one of the experienced beeks offer an explanation.