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Title: bees
Post by: colbees on April 29, 2012, 06:36:03 PM
i was looking at my hive today and i saw bees that were much bigger than my bees and much more black (i have italian bees). does anybody know what these bees may be and should i be concerned?
Title: Re: bees
Post by: buzzbee on April 29, 2012, 06:41:26 PM
Probably drones from local area.As it gets closer to swarm season you will  see them around your hives more.
Title: Re: bees
Post by: AllenF on April 29, 2012, 06:54:27 PM
If your bees were form a package, the queen may have come from a different stock and now you are seeing her offspring.