Hi, Question,In the fall -winter do the young bees kick the old bees out at starting of cold weather ?
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just DRones young or old -there not pickey- :lol: RDY-B
yep poor old drones... only there for one reason... hope it was good! :-D
...DOUG
KD4MOJ
The older bees will add warmth for some time before they die and may be needed to defend the hive if the weather gets warm.
I was just wondering if they kick the old bees out because I go all summer long and see very few dead bees in front of the hive,then all of a sudden in the beginning of winter I see alot.
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are any moving or crawling around- :chop:--RDY-B
Losses from robbing I bet. I have see a bit here this year. Ants and the yellow jackets are not cleaning up fast enough.
Sounds like robbing to me...can you ba more specific?
Scott
Yes there is fighting going on at entrance but I didn't know they killed the robbers,do they ? I have some mean bees that fight off robbers well but didn't know they kill so many,do they ? Do they kill them by stinging them ? If so then all mine that sting die too.
Quote from: rdy-b on November 05, 2010, 11:09:03 PM
are any moving or crawling around- :chop:--RDY-B
Yes
After the war was over !
Oh, the hive did survive
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Bee-Bop
Quote from: Joelel on November 06, 2010, 10:41:24 PM
Yes there is fighting going on at entrance but I didn't know they killed the robbers,do they ? I have some mean bees that fight off robbers well but didn't know they kill so many,do they ? Do they kill them by stinging them ? If so then all mine that sting die too.
YEP----YEP and YEP--reduce entrance and make it essayer to protect the hive :ninja:
;) RDY-B
Thanks a lot folks.
In the summer you wouldn't see any dead bees around the hive because they will work to there wings fall of and the probable die in some field :'(