Some Bee Hive Removals Don’t Go as Planned

Not all honey bee relocations go how you would hope. Some feature towers of bees occupying full walls. Some leave you scratching your head. Check out these bees, and tell me what your theories are about how they ended up this way! #honeybee #beekeeping #beeremoval #swarms #swarmcatch
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Heading to the Hive
01:39 Wildflowers in Bloom
05:22 Opening the Hive
06:59 Is There a Queen Bee?
14:08 Close Up of the Bees
15:55 My Theories on this Hive

[@wstepnout7215]

Maybe not a great swarm but a great learning experience. More tools for the tool box.

[@macbeebuzzin]

Indeed! Every experience teaches us something.

[@wadebarnes6720]

Spring of the year box there

[@Moderatelydisagreeable]

I’m going to make a guess. First I thought there was a virgin queen that was out mating but I’ve changed my y guess. I think a swarm moved in and they changed their mind and absconded. The bees left behind were out foraging and didn’t get the memo.

[@Moderatelydisagreeable]

Well, I just watched the end of the video. Lol

[@wadebarnes6720]

The dragonflies have been working

[@1080760]

Just a bunch of scouts

[@macbeebuzzin]

Indeed. But, my curiosity is the “grooming” behavior, which I haven’t observed in scouts before - just foragers.