Thank youPaul. and everyone! That makes me feel better, I think I
just worry that they will sting my 3 year old grandson if they are in this
frame of mind - I want him to be interested in the bees and work with them
in the future. He now thinks "bees give you honey and go in your hair!"
If they continue this behaviour can I move them to a field or something?
Dawn
On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 at 15:09, Oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Dawn,
You are absolutely right, bees are notoriously edgy in unsettled weather
and just before thunderstorms.
Lawnmowers create a lot of engine vibration, and it's around the same
frequencies that bees use for communication when they do their waggle dance
on comb. Comb is tuned to transmit these frequencies... And hives are like
big drums... So the vibration is very noticeable inside the hive. If it's a
petrol mower pumping out fumes, it's particularly annoying to them.
Also, swarms change character after they've got young to defend.
I always wear a veil when mowing my back lawn and switch to a full suit
near the hives.
I can't say why you were stung whn you were not mowing... if it was AFTER
you had mowed, I would say they were still on guard. But it was before.
Were you wearing perfume?
Paul
On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 18:06 Dawn Gosling, <magikmum49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My bees have seemed to have changed personality. I could always walk up
to them and sit near them, but the other day I got stung on my face whilst
talking to family sitting in a normal area of the garden,. The following
day I got stung on my face again whilst mowing the lawn - not an unusual
practice . Does this weather make the bees as grumpy as us???
Dawn
