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Title: drones away
Post by: renmag on August 15, 2008, 07:59:24 PM
Hi all, I had a question.
Just out at my hives( two new this year) and noticed an exodus of drones.  Probably 15 all streaming out same place one after another.  as I watched a few came back but more kept coming back.  What could this mean? 

Title: Re: drones away
Post by: Michael Bush on August 15, 2008, 10:17:10 PM
That it's 2:00 pm.  Time to go to the DCA.
Title: Re: drones away
Post by: ArmucheeBee on August 15, 2008, 10:20:05 PM
Do the orientation flights occur at the same time each day?  I have a lot of buzzing around at 5:30pm or just as the sun is going down behind the trees.  Or is it temperature?   I thought I had done something to start this but it happens everyday about 5:30-7:00.