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Title: Bucket of bees
Post by: fcderosa on July 04, 2007, 10:28:01 PM
The oddist thing.  I took two buckets with residue honey on them from harvesting honey and left them by the hives to get cleaned up.  What I ended up with was two buckets of dead bees.  About 300- 400 bees per.  Wasn't enough honey left in them to stretch across the bottom so I doubt any drowned.
Title: Re: Bucket of bees
Post by: BlueEggFarmer on July 04, 2007, 10:42:28 PM
maybe they piled and suffocated? I know my baby chicks will do that, pile up in a corner or all jump into a bucket and suffocate.  :(
Title: Re: Bucket of bees
Post by: JP on July 04, 2007, 10:45:19 PM
That sounds horrific, please keep the buckets away from the baby chickens!!
Title: Re: Bucket of bees
Post by: Cindi on July 04, 2007, 11:10:09 PM
fcderosa.  Now that has gotta be a bummer.  I would really love to know what really happened, maybe they did pile up and suffocate, but that sounds weird too.  Have a great day, great life.  Cindi