Request for help, Re: Bee Type

[BeeMaster2]

It would have been a time when the queen was not laying otherwise they would have made another.  Possibly out of mating season.

The reason I did not do a cut out right away it was mid November and they did not have much of a chance that winter.
Jim

[Acebird]

Unfortunately people like to cut trees down in the fall.

[eltalia]

They also look like Italians to me.
I have tried to get bees to move into a Langstroth hive from a log. It did not work.
The difference was that I put the Langstroth on top. It also was possible that the
queen was killed when the tree was felled. I found a lot of damaged wax comb
when I took it apart.
Jim

At best recall I am fairly sure it was LJ who shone light
on this 'problem' for me. I now sit the open bottom Skep
on the Lang structured colony to get the Skep started.
Still slower than actual frame transfer but as Lang frames
into Skep do not go, it works.

Bill

[eltalia]

Italian Muts, if they smell like garlic,enjoy a glass of red and don't mind an afternoon
nap oops that's me I must be a Mut too.

... and partial to cleaning up Calamari Olive pips
 on a lazy day :chuckles:

Bill

[omnimirage]

It's not reliable to determine the race of a bee by looking at it. It's easier to tell the race by looking at the queen rather than the workers, though of course she doesn't reflect her mated drones background. There's visual cues that you can read about that'll give you an indication as to what species they may be, keep in mind though that purebreeds is not a common thing.