reuniting bees

[themayor]

I did a stump cut out and filled two medium boxes with comb. I combined 1 boxof comb with the vacuumed bees and brought it home. I left the other boxof comb on site to gather the foragers and stray bees in the area. can I just re combine these? will they remember each other? or should I do a newspaper combine.

[danno]

I wouldn't worry about it and just combine

[Kathyp]

they'll be fine.  i just dumped some random bees in front of an established hive and they were taken right it.  you have problems if you have more than one queen, or if it's one hive robbing another.  if it's just workers moving in, not a problem.

[duryeafarms]

How do they distinguish between a worker needing a home and robbers? The ski masks?

[Kathyp]

LOL

must be an attitude thing.  i watched ours be checked out by guard bees and let in.  maybe they had their little hats in their little hands.....

[don2]

They can detect mischievous intruders that are up to no good.  :shock: :) ;) d2

[Better.to.Bee.than.not]

it's a secret handshake, and password. gotta have bunches of legs, and bee taught it.