dlawr42103
New Bee
- Joined
- May 25, 2013
- Messages
- 55
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- oxford
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 8
Yesterday was a beautifully hot sunny day with hardly a cloud in the sky. So I took advantage of the good weather to do all my inspections, 9 hives, as I am away all weekend.
The first hive, usually a very calm colony, were exceptionally pissy & angry! Very aggressive and I got a number of stings. All looked ok inside the hive.
The same for 5 of the other hives.
Towards the end understand I must have smelt very threatening after being stung quite a bit.. clothes all gone for washing now...
The previous night there had been a thunder storm... then the day of the inspection the weather was perfect... and last night (the day after the inspections) there were thunderstorms again.
Is it likely the bees bad mood was weather related, even though the day of the inspection the weather was perfect?
Unfortunately my weather gauge was not working so couldn't tell whether or not there was a pressure change at the time... can this effect their behaviour?
The first hive, usually a very calm colony, were exceptionally pissy & angry! Very aggressive and I got a number of stings. All looked ok inside the hive.
The same for 5 of the other hives.
Towards the end understand I must have smelt very threatening after being stung quite a bit.. clothes all gone for washing now...
The previous night there had been a thunder storm... then the day of the inspection the weather was perfect... and last night (the day after the inspections) there were thunderstorms again.
Is it likely the bees bad mood was weather related, even though the day of the inspection the weather was perfect?
Unfortunately my weather gauge was not working so couldn't tell whether or not there was a pressure change at the time... can this effect their behaviour?