[oxnatbees] Re: Second question

  • From: Barbara Elizabeth Robinson <liz20swan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:38:52 +0100

Hi thanks - I thought so but read a thread elsewhere which was saying they
go out much later. Didn't like to contradict as not 100% sure!

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 15:08 Gareth John <dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yes, or rather orientation flights.  It’s one way of telling if a queen
(in a cast swarm) has successfully mated: clouds of bees appear at the hive
entrance between 3 and 4 weeks from hiving.

Gareth



On 8 Jul 2021, at 13:32, Barbara Elizabeth Robinson <liz20swan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Do newly emerged bees do a cleansing flight after approx 3 days?



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