[ocba] Is this normal?
Lewis Cauble
lewis at hivebody.com
Mon Jun 29 09:39:26 EDT 2009
Lizzy and Seth,
I'm no expert, but I'll throw my 2 cents in. I'd say inspect the
hives to make sure all is well inside. Make sure each colony has a
laying queen with room to lay, enough food, and enough bees. If all
is good there, I'd say you are fine.
My bees that are in the full afternoon sun and don't have quite enough
ventilation will beard up pretty good in the late afternoon. Also I
noticed that after robbing some hives a few weeks ago, I had loads of
bees hanging out the front. I took away 2 supers worth of space, and
there probably just wasn't enough room for everyone at that point.
Things seem to be getting better now. Make sure your girls have
enough room.
Outside of that, I'd say they are just bored and hanging out with
nothing to do. If that's the case, give them some foundation that
they can draw out for you. Idle hands...
Maybe others will chime in with more free advice.
Lewis
On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Lizzy Burch wrote:
> Hi beekeepers,
> My husband and I are first time beekeepers. Recently, we split our
> hive (with a new queen from Busy Bee). The new hive with the old queen
> seems to be doing well but the old hive with the new queen has been
> hanging out all clumped around the entrance for the past few weeks. Is
> this normal? I noticed that there are workers and drones and they are
> hanging on top of each other in a big clump. Should we be doing
> anything about this? I attached pics so you can see what I mean.
> Thanks for your help!
> Lizzy and Seth Burch
> <bees 001.jpg><bees 003.jpg>
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