@chivelegs I hadn't thought of young bees having a first trial outdoors, interesting thought hehe. As for different colours, I made this video when I had just started beekeeping, now I understand a bit more about them and yeah I think the different drone stock must be it, the queen can choose between her stores from different drones.
There is a simple way to find out if there are robber bees here. After nightfall, be sure there are no bees outside of the hive, then screen up the entrance tightly. If there is a cloud of bees the next day, they are robbers. It would help to reduce the size of the opening if there is evidence of robbing.
They might be young bees just having there first trial out doors. The colour difference could be because they are of different drone sperm stock?
chivelegs 10 months ago
@chivelegs I hadn't thought of young bees having a first trial outdoors, interesting thought hehe. As for different colours, I made this video when I had just started beekeeping, now I understand a bit more about them and yeah I think the different drone stock must be it, the queen can choose between her stores from different drones.
cruddiestcrudever 10 months ago
There is a simple way to find out if there are robber bees here. After nightfall, be sure there are no bees outside of the hive, then screen up the entrance tightly. If there is a cloud of bees the next day, they are robbers. It would help to reduce the size of the opening if there is evidence of robbing.
MrRalphPierre 1 year ago
When robbing occurs you usually see a fight for life and death on the entrance.
Safet 2 years ago