- Joined
- Jul 8, 2010
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- Location
- Exmoor
- Hive Type
- None
- Number of Hives
- None of my own
One colony had a new queen in mid July, the result of an AS. Bees were all sweet as can be for about two months but from mid September have started turning nasty, today I was chased a couple of hundred yeards back to the house for the first time.
I'm making the following assumptions, and would be grateful for any corrections:
All comments welcome
I'm making the following assumptions, and would be grateful for any corrections:
- New bad temper is an indication of what I can expect from future projeny of this queen
- Too late now to re-queen
All comments welcome