Workers marked on the abdomen

[Jafer2]

haha would explain why they aint interested in the fondant in the hive. naughty naughty.

 

[eltalia]

Agreeing with @Swarm on tripe being served up in this
thread I would offer it is to be expected, the sign over the door
does read "Beginners", like.
From what I have seen firsthand of fondant being used - not by me, never will
happen - it is plainly not fondant as that product would not survive
a ride in flight. In fact a "mystery" often investigated for fondant users
reveals itself as fondant dropped onto the bottomboard as bees try to
carry it out of the hive.
The markings are not wax flakes, those are excreted on the underside glands
of the abdomen.. and not by bees carrying pollen, nor in random
social mix. The flakes harden and drop from the body to the box floor
soon after the host breaks from the festoon.
There is the clue, "pollen", and the basis of my first observation, posted earlier.

"Beelining" is not always done using traps nor with the intent of
stealing someone's "hive"... it is done to determine the location of
a colony within a searchable area, and usually 'thieves' carry a chainsaw.
Your bees, Ben, are on flora being monitored by someone searching
for a wild colony to harvest - done it more times than I 've had birthdays
so I can appreciate the random 'tags' on your bees.

Bill
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[jenkinsbrynmair]

Some tripe being talked in this thread.

Not so much from a different country as a different planet methinks.

 

[eltalia]

.. tis lookin' like it's a tossup between the house being in need
of a farrier or a podiatrist, as the bridge rattles a tad.
Or maybe a taxidermist is the go?

Bill

 

[Jafer2]

could be pollen in my case on the thorax, I have seen two types of pollen white and bright yellow/orange. as for the abdomen its wax in my photos.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

.. tis lookin' like it's a tossup between the house being in need
of a farrier or a podiatrist, as the bridge rattles a tad.
Or maybe a taxidermist is the go?

Bill

And we all know what lives under a bridge don't we?

 

[eltalia]

And we all know what lives under a bridge don't we?

"a different planet methinks"
Your own words suggest "beelining" is an extraterrestrial activity, one
not done from any bridge as flora does not grow in such places, often.

As an observation it is too easy for some to baitup what they do not
understand - if indeed a beekeeper there just may be new information
to be found in absorbing work foreign to mantra driven beekeeping.
Seely has a neat perspective of such things;
http://pages.nbb.cornell.edu/seeley.shtml
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...thanks for your input, an' mind how you go

Bill.