Noticed a couple things strange this week.
!) Set out honey for a whole day in two seperate spots where I have two hives and bee flat out ignored the honey.
2) Noticed bees acting strange like they were confused and just flying around the hives in larger numbers. Checked by a couple wild hives and the same activity. Wife said it could be that they are sensing the pressure change from a coming front. Makes sense to me.
Just curious beings I am new to bee keeping.
Something to think about. You are in the middle of a honey flow. Bees are bringing in nectar. They don't want to be feed honey maybe. And with the bees flying around the hive, maybe orientation flights?
Ya Allen I thought about the abundance of flowers was better than feeding off the honey but the bees strange behavior was in four diff locations one being a mile away . Barametric pressure affect?? Maybe
Quote from: blanc on April 10, 2012, 09:52:25 PM
Ya Allen I thought about the abundance of flowers was better than feeding off the honey but the bees strange behavior was in four diff locations one being a mile away . Barametric pressure affect?? Maybe
Well I do not know much about bees and now I'm starting this hobby but heard that the queen and her pheromones scattered around the hive. who knows if in some way honey is sprinkled with some other queen pheromone and this is what is causing them attitude. This is a very remote and distant, but only putting the imagination to fly. as I still do not know much about bees. :roll:
As Allen said, it is most likely just honey flow and orientation flights.
Ditto what Allen/idee said.
Scott