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  • From: Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: Wilson <infomet AT embarqmail.com>
  • Cc: CCBA Listserve <chathambeekeepers AT lists.ncsu.edu>, Orange CountyBeekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Should I bee worried?
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:31:29 -0400

Hi Wilson,

Sorry I had replied to him directly. No "expert" here, but given the fact it was 90 degrees today, it was in full sun and yea the black deep might not be helping I went with emerging bees (right timing from his install), foragers and girls looking for water to cool it all off! Mine were all over the water out front here today.

Seeing that the feeder was empty and there was no fighting at the front i'm cautious to say its robbers yet. Give it another month and yea could look like that, but Walter should be seeing fighting on their front porch.

cheers,
marty


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Wilson <infomet AT embarqmail.com> wrote:
I'm looking forward to the experts' replies on this.  It sure seems like frantic flying.
New bees make short flights at first, to be sure they can find their way home, but this seems more than one would expect at one time.
Let us know if they settle down.

Could it be robbers casing the joint?

No expert here, but I wouldn't want a dark colored hive in summer.  I think overheating is an underappreciated problem.
In fact, I'm working on a screened inner cover, to raise the flow of air through my hive.
It's easy to make, so let me know if you want to know more about it.

WL

-----Original Message----- From: Starks, Walter
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 4:56 PM
To: CCBA Listserve ; Orange CountyBeekeepers Association
Subject: [ocba] Should I bee worried?


I not sure what us going on with this hive. Is this just a bunch of young bees exercising their wings or is something going in that I should be worried about. Just a short movie clip. If you can't view it let me know and I'll post it to YouTube.







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