Do you know ( I'm a bit of a dreamer) but think they are not aggressive but
checking you out. If they are a little insecure they may just be seeking
comfort in someone they know???
Ready for ridicule now be gentle:))
On Tue, 23 Apr 2019, 15:47 Marc Sheikh, <marc.sheikh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Gilliane,
Interesting you have noticed increased aggression, I have also had the
same experience the last couple of weeks. I’ve also noticed quite a few
hornets and wasps around and had assumed it was spike in competitive
activity due to the increase in temperature which has put the bees up to
deathcon 5. I have the stings to prove it which has not been an issue in
the past...
Regards
Marc
On 23 Apr 2019, at 15:05, Gilliane Sills <dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
from a sailing trip yesterday to find them in a bush - a big swarm.
The bees in my hive swarmed some time over the weekend - we came back
Richard helped me get them off the bush into a box and I hived them
yesterday evening. I shan't know for a couple of days whether they've
settled in the new hive, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The colony
had seemed very vigorous earlier, I thought I'd seen drones, and the parent
colony had swarmed last year early in May so I was half expecting that
they'd swarm soon this year.
hiving them than the parent colony has ever been. I shook the box on to a
One thing that surprised me is that they were more aggressive when I was
white sheet in front of the hive and they started going in immediately, but
quite a few bees buzzed noisily round me, clearly trying to get at my
face. Does anyone have any thoughts why this might have been?
Best wishes
Gilliane
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