Strange Behavior!

Started by blanc, April 10, 2012, 09:43:50 PM

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blanc

April 10, 2012, 09:43:50 PM
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.
Psalm 19:9-10
The fear of the Lord is clean,enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea ,than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

AllenF

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April 10, 2012, 09:47:45 PM
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?

blanc

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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
Psalm 19:9-10
The fear of the Lord is clean,enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea ,than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

carlfaba10t

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April 11, 2012, 01:47:51 AM
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

Carl-I have done so much with so little for so long i can now do something with nothing!

BeesBreeding

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April 11, 2012, 08:50:27 AM
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:

iddee

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April 11, 2012, 09:13:45 AM
As Allen said, it is most likely just honey flow and orientation flights.
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*Shel Silverstein*

hardwood

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April 11, 2012, 09:52:28 AM
Ditto what Allen/idee said.

Scott
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