A colony that is normally calm and gentle can change and become testy, cranky or downright aggressive. When this happens, it’s time to put on your detective cap and figure out what’s going on. In our last blog post, we...
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...
You may be alarmed the first time you see robbing activities taking place. You're not alone. Every beekeeper who finds themselves dealing with robbing activities becomes alarmed. And with good reason. What is Robbing? Robbing can be defined as the attempt...
