- Joined
- Sep 4, 2011
- Messages
- 5,918
- Reaction score
- 5,542
- Location
- Wiveliscombe
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 24
I was joined in Frankenstein's greenhouse by a queen hornet today. She clearly wasn't happy being there, but didn't seem to be able to find her way out again. Rather than risk a hornet/head interface situation I decamped to the bee shed to check if she was the same one as was thinking of moving in, but no: there was a queen still there, too. I stepped out of the shed just in time to be buzzed by a third queen, who went along my hives, testing each one to see if she could get in. Not through my UFEs
The queen in the shed flew past, so I went inside and knocked down the nest she'd started, by which time the one in the greenhouse was gone and I could finish working in there. Afterwards I checked the shed a couple of times and that one doesn't appear to have returned as yet. Could be that she's still flying and attempting to restart the nest, but it's getting quite cool outside now so with a bit of luck she's moved on.
James
The queen in the shed flew past, so I went inside and knocked down the nest she'd started, by which time the one in the greenhouse was gone and I could finish working in there. Afterwards I checked the shed a couple of times and that one doesn't appear to have returned as yet. Could be that she's still flying and attempting to restart the nest, but it's getting quite cool outside now so with a bit of luck she's moved on.
James