Video

A nasty storm came through our property and brought down/damage over a dozen trees. One of the larger oak trees split open and spilled out a feral honey bee colony.

Running a bit of experiment to see if the bees will draw out some wax foundation – even when the spring nectar flow has come to a close.

A video that shows that sometimes if you leave honeycomb with resources in the open, it will inducing a robbing frenzy.

A quick video pointing out some distinctions about observing activity at the entrance – and determining if the bees are flying orientation flights, or is it a robbing event.

Showing a failed swarm that moved into a swarm trap. The colony did not manifest a new queen and it was reviewed in a state where it has laying workers.

This colony did not have an operational queen on the last two inspections. The video of the hive inspection was to look into the status of the colony to assess if it needed a queen or not.

Drones, drones, drones. Such and odd thing to see.