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Title: Young bees
Post by: Joelel on November 03, 2010, 04:32:58 pm

Hi, Question,In the fall -winter do the young bees kick the old bees out at starting of cold weather ?

 :piano:

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: rdy-b on November 03, 2010, 04:44:54 pm

 just DRones young or old -there not pickey- :lol: RDY-B

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: KD4MOJ on November 04, 2010, 08:42:04 am

yep poor old drones... only there for one reason... hope it was good!  :-D

...DOUG
KD4MOJ

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Michael Bush on November 04, 2010, 10:04:30 am

The older bees will add warmth for some time before they die and may be needed to defend the hive if the weather gets warm.

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Joelel on November 05, 2010, 11:05:30 pm

I was just wondering if they kick the old bees out because I go all summer long and see very few dead bees in front of the hive,then all of a sudden in the beginning of winter I see alot.

 :camp:

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: rdy-b on November 05, 2010, 11:09:03 pm

are any moving or crawling around- :chop:--RDY-B

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: AllenF on November 05, 2010, 11:14:59 pm

Losses from robbing I bet.   I have see a bit here this year.   Ants and the yellow jackets are not cleaning up fast enough.

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: hardwood on November 05, 2010, 11:15:05 pm

Sounds like robbing to me...can you ba more specific?

Scott

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Joelel on November 06, 2010, 10:41:24 pm

Yes there is fighting going on at entrance but I didn't know they killed the robbers,do they ? I have some mean bees that fight off robbers well but didn't know they kill so many,do they ? Do they kill them by stinging them ? If so then all mine that sting die too.

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Joelel on November 06, 2010, 10:46:15 pm

Quote from: rdy-b on November 05, 2010, 11:09:03 pm

are any moving or crawling around- :chop:--RDY-B

 Yes

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Bee-Bop on November 06, 2010, 11:10:07 pm

After the war was over !

Oh, the hive did survive


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Bee-Bop

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: rdy-b on November 06, 2010, 11:38:52 pm

Quote from: Joelel on November 06, 2010, 10:41:24 pm

Yes there is fighting going on at entrance but I didn't know they killed the robbers,do they ? I have some mean bees that fight off robbers well but didn't know they kill so many,do they ? Do they kill them by stinging them ? If so then all mine that sting die too.

  YEP----YEP and YEP--reduce entrance and make it essayer to protect the hive :ninja:
 ;) RDY-B

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: Joelel on November 07, 2010, 01:19:30 pm

Thanks a lot folks.

Title: Re: Young bees
Post by: edward on November 07, 2010, 02:58:47 pm

In the summer you wouldn't see any dead bees around the hive because they will work to there wings fall of and the probable die in some field  :'(