Bee Seizures?

Started by luvin honey, June 16, 2009, 12:25:51 AM

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luvin honey

June 16, 2009, 12:25:51 AM
Recently, I've noticed a few bees in each of my 2 topbar hives spasming. The first time, the spasming bee was then groomed by fellow worker bees. Tonight, the bee was just doing a wild spasm movement. What is this all about?
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.
---Emily Dickinson

sc-bee

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June 16, 2009, 12:58:30 AM
Sounds like a waggle dance ---- then communicating the nectar source.
John 3:16

luvin honey

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June 16, 2009, 01:08:53 AM
I forgot to mention that I was peeking through the observation windows and both times the spasming bees were crawling on brood comb deep in the hive body. Would the waggle dance suggestion still hold?

I think I could ask about 1,000,000 ?s about bees and still be just scratching the surface!!
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.
---Emily Dickinson

sc-bee

#3
June 16, 2009, 01:15:35 AM
Yes  ;)
John 3:16

luvin honey

#4
June 16, 2009, 01:20:17 AM
Cool beans! (or bees :D) I was wracking my brain for the symptoms of bee diseases but didn't think this fit with any of them!
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.
---Emily Dickinson
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