With it being very wet today is this just safety mode to keep (s)warm ?
We topped the feed up again tonight so hopefully they will be able to top up and it'll be a bit drier tomorrow .
Mike and Monique ( well Mike really).
Friday, 6 July 2012
Whats going on ?
Hi bee bloggers, the bees tonight are covering the entrances - does this mean that they would like a door fitting and some central heating?
With it being very wet today is this just safety mode to keep (s)warm ?
So our question is , is this unusual beehaviour or is this following a normal pattern?
We topped the feed up again tonight so hopefully they will be able to top up and it'll be a bit drier tomorrow .
Mike and Monique ( well Mike really).
With it being very wet today is this just safety mode to keep (s)warm ?
We topped the feed up again tonight so hopefully they will be able to top up and it'll be a bit drier tomorrow .
Mike and Monique ( well Mike really).
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Welcome to the world of bee's.
ReplyDeleteIt could be a number of things.
They tend to do it if they are over crowded, so make sure they have suffiecient top bars free(aim to stay 2 ahead of them.
They might be hot.
They might be preparing to leave(unlikely if they have brood).
They might have a robbing issue and have baracaded the door.
I take it they went back inside when it got dark, if they did don't worry to much and see how it goes.
Dave.
Hi M&M
ReplyDeleteSuspect it's just bees doing what bees do. Even though they are comparatively small if lots of bees are trying to make the most of a brief dry spell they will crowd the entrance. If they have been couped-up inside for a while it may also be the equivalent of 'stretching your legs on the patio'. But what do I know? Just keep a record of what/when and you might see a pattern emerge.
Regards
Boyd