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Title: Drone fishing
Post by: Sydney guy on September 29, 2016, 12:02:56 PM
Has anyone been drone fishing? Im interested in finding the drone congregation area or areas near me. Does anyone know how far a queen will fly on her nuptial flight?

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Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: Michael Bush on September 29, 2016, 12:07:39 PM
I have watched it done.  The picture in Larry Connor's book is from that occasion.  Typically a queen flies about a mile or two.  Sometimes she flies as far as seven miles.  Sometimes she mates in the sky above her hive.  Bees do what they have to do...
Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: little john on September 30, 2016, 07:52:30 AM
Quote from: Sydney guy on September 29, 2016, 12:02:56 PM
Im interested in finding the drone congregation area or areas near me.

The type of site you're looking for is typically a flat area of land (cricket pitch, car park, open field, that kind of thing) adjacent to tall 'spiky' objects (relative to the immediate topogrpahy), such as poplar trees, church steeples, wind turbines, and so forth.

Good luck - keep us posted ...
LJ

Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: Sydney guy on September 30, 2016, 08:28:02 AM
I have a couple of spots i will check with binoculars over the weekend im hoping to find one on my property.

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Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: Sydney guy on October 07, 2016, 06:03:28 AM
I looked everywhere today for a drone congragation area but had no luck, I did come across a feral hive in the process

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Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: Michael Bush on October 11, 2016, 05:31:15 PM
Drones tend to follow tree rows and power line cuts and roads (probably because roads often have tree rows) and the intersection of two of those where there is an open field is a likely place.
Title: Re: Drone fishing
Post by: Sydney guy on October 13, 2016, 12:54:16 PM
Thanks Michael, I will continue my search

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