Did you hear about the broad daylight robbery? We are talking about the robbery in your hives, of course. With the change of season from summer to fall “hive robbing” becomes a real problem if not dealt with properly. So,...
As you spend time with your bees -- doing hive inspections and observing their behavior in general, you learn to gauge their mood. Let’s say that your colony is typically mellow, but suddenly, their mood has changed. It’s as if...
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at the robbing activities of bees — what it is, what it looks like and how to stop a robbery that’s in progress. Since preventing a robbery is much easier than stopping one,...
In our last post, we made a shocking statement ... beekeepers are one of the main reasons that robbing activities occur in the first place. It’s true. In the wild, hives don’t exist close to each other, yet beekeepers frequently...
When a colony begins to struggle, foraging bees from other colonies will begin to test the limits, especially when a nectar dearth is underway and resources are scarce. They're trying to determine if they and their buddies can gain entrance into...
