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I suddenly have a mayor arrival of bees in my garage wall, through a crack in the furnace flashing, and they will be someone's orchard beehive on Monday, which we really need. They are docile. Apparently there are two swarms that are deciding whose queen to worship.
We've had this before in the neighborhood, in some cases yielding several pounds of honey.
Any good surprises out there?
30 Jun 13
Originally posted by JS357How do you know they are docile, haven't you seen "killer bees"?
I suddenly have a mayor arrival of bees in my garage wall, through a crack in the furnace flashing, and they will be someone's orchard beehive on Monday, which we really need. They are docile. Apparently there are two swarms that are deciding whose queen to worship.
We've had this before in the neighborhood, in some cases yielding several pounds of honey.
Any good surprises out there?
30 Jun 13
Originally posted by JS357Welcome them. It is believed that there is a scarcity of bees
I suddenly have a mayor arrival of bees in my garage wall, through a crack in the furnace flashing, and they will be someone's orchard beehive on Monday, which we really need. They are docile. Apparently there are two swarms that are deciding whose queen to worship.
We've had this before in the neighborhood, in some cases yielding several pounds of honey.
Any good surprises out there?
on the planet today. This will result in plants not being pollinated
and therefore a lack of food for all.
If there are two colonies of bees what will happen is one queen will
seek out the other and kill her. The one that remains is the boss.
30 Jun 13
Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyI know virgin queens in a particular hive will kill the other virgin queens from that hive. I don't think that queens engage in inter-colony warfare.
If there are two colonies of bees what will happen is one queen will
seek out the other and kill her. The one that remains is the boss.[/b]
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Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyWe have to have them removed, from prior experience of neighbors having honey oozing everywhere. But a beekeeper who has a couple thousand beehives is removing them, humanely.
Welcome them. It is believed that there is a scarcity of bees
on the planet today. This will result in plants not being pollinated
and therefore a lack of food for all.
If there are two colonies of bees what will happen is one queen will
seek out the other and kill her. The one that remains is the boss.
They have been docile. After they took over the space, there were a lot of dead ones what I swept up, with others flying around me without any stings. The bee person has a detector that found two areas of concentration, implying two swarms. He said they would eventually merge.
01 Jul 13
Originally posted by JS357I told you there would only BEE one colony. 🙂
We have to have them removed, from prior experience of neighbors having honey oozing everywhere. But a beekeeper who has a couple thousand beehives is removing them, humanely.
They have been docile. After they took over the space, there were a lot of dead ones what I swept up, with others flying around me without any stings. The bee person has a detector that found two areas of concentration, implying two swarms. He said they would eventually merge.