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MOVIES / Unsung Hero
« Last post by Kathyp on Today at 08:44:59 pm »Hubby and I took a break and saw this today. It was good. Kind of sniffly in a couple of places, but a worthwhile 2 hours spent if anyone is thinking about it.
I'm going to try to look hard for mites and beetles this time around.At your stage of the game, I wouldn't expect to see any mites, if you are just going to be looking with your naked eye at bees' backs. Seeing mites riding on bees is usually a sign of an advanced infestation. You may have a few mites in there, but as they can also hide on the underside of bees, and during much of their life cycle they are in the capped brood, you shouldn't see any, just based on the probabilities. A sugar roll or alcohol wash could turn up one or two, but I would be concerned if I saw more than 1 mite if I was you.
I?m just hoping that it?s not my neighbors laying workers.Don't worry, I sincerely doubt it's that. I'm under the impression that laying workers act more like queens and don't leave the nest. And even if they do continue foraging activity, I don't know why they'd be looking for a place to live. Also, normal bees not allowing in laying workers is nothing to be concerned about. When you do a shakeout, that is your goal.
Are they fighting? Are they locked together and spinning?I would say not. It?s happened quite a few times. They come out of hive and do that then go back in or fly off. I have video of it and it put it on YouTube later.