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- From: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
- To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:04:34 -0400
Here's how things evolved....
I saw some fighting over 2 weeks, ending with an entrance reducer as
fighting escalated. I had expected it to die down as expected nectar
flow increased, but the opposite seemed to happen.
(bad video)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_AFT3z3-BEeWFTEk4SIxU57U4W6tiA-PmQPFcO_LMe0?feat=directlink
Robbers looked to be getting in, so I put up a robber screen
https://picasaweb.google.com/106022773068627809372/Bees?authkey=Gv1sRgCM3A8NyCyffRMg#5722027405720406674
The robber screen seemed to help
(image of robber missing leg fighting with guard bee)
https://picasaweb.google.com/106022773068627809372/Bees?authkey=Gv1sRgCM3A8NyCyffRMg#5722498943090955650
But apparently my bees couldn't figure out the robber screen or the
entrances on it were too small or too far apart
(image of bees under hive)
https://picasaweb.google.com/106022773068627809372/Bees?authkey=Gv1sRgCM3A8NyCyffRMg#5722696900652001394
Any suggestions? I took off the robber screen this morning when I saw
the bees under the hive and put on my smallest entrance reducer. Any
thoughts as to whether this is a downside of breeding docile bees?
I'm not sure if that plays a factor or not.
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[ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Blair Christian, 03/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Lewis Cauble, 03/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Dan Kyburz, 03/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting..., Lewis Cauble, 03/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] Legal petition to ban clothianidin,
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Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Dan Kyburz, 03/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Blair Christian, 03/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting..., laura moore, 03/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] Update on robbing, fighting...,
Lewis Cauble, 03/22/2012
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