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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Luckyparrot on August 16, 2009, 02:13:30 AM

Title: BLACK BEES.
Post by: Luckyparrot on August 16, 2009, 02:13:30 AM
 I have a healthy hive with yellow honey bees, but recently I saw lots of black bees at the entrance and it seemed like they were fighting with my yellow bees. Could it be that the queen had mated with a black drone and finally the queen produced his genes? Or some hungry hive is trying to rob this hive?  http://picasaweb.google.com/Luckyparrot2009/Blackbee# 
Thanks   
Title: Re: BLACK BEES.
Post by: G3farms on August 16, 2009, 11:18:24 AM
That looks more like a hornet from the pic, really hard to tell.

A good close up of the wings showing the pattern would be helpful.

G3
Title: Re: BLACK BEES.
Post by: Michael Bush on August 16, 2009, 11:30:50 AM
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesrobbing.htm
Title: Re: BLACK BEES.
Post by: Luckyparrot on August 19, 2009, 01:08:10 AM
 G3, I lost my closeup lense, so I'm using the regular lense(17-55mm), and that's as close as it can be. Assuming it a hornet, should I be concern? What are they she doing inside the hive ? I saw lots of them flying in and out of the box.
Michael, eventhough I'm not sure it's being robbed or not, I reduced the entrance anyway.