Feeding Frenzy

[Hambone]

About 2 weeks ago I left my feed bucket outside. And 3-8 bees at a time were getting the tiny bit that was left over. So when I made more feed, I placed some of my feed with essential oil mix in it out there for them. This is what happened. These are not my bees. Since mine are 10 miles away. I think these are from a feral hive around here. I don't know anyone around here that keeps.

About an hour after I put it out.

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/10540/2349694830103391520S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2349694830103391520ZqJdkD)

About 3 hours later:

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/36273/2464950450103391520S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2464950450103391520Tkbmhh)

http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/42637/2616961570103391520S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2616961570103391520owfrWj)

http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/14039/2413241420103391520S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2413241420103391520HhhACT)

[jellybeen]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn189/dancingdirt/FeedingBees020.jpg

This is just before they carried the bottle off into the sky!

[Hambone]

This is just before they carried the bottle off into the sky!


lol.

That is a frenzy. Many more and they could have carried the whole drum.

[berkshire bee]

Thanks for posting that picture. It looks so nice and warm. I'm sitting here with a sweater on. Worked outside all day and it got up to about 32 degrees

[cow pollinater]

Put out more feed and watch carefully which way they fly. You can follow them back to their tree and next spring you have a new hive.

[Hambone]

Thanks for posting that picture. It looks so nice and warm. I'm sitting here with a sweater on. Worked outside all day and it got up to about 32 degrees


About 80 deg when I took my pics 2 weeks ago. 80 deg again today. Cold is moving in. High on Saturday is gonna be upper 50's. :( :D That's getting cold for us.

[Hambone]

Put out more feed and watch carefully which way they fly. You can follow them back to their tree and next spring you have a new hive.


My thought's exactly. I have them narrowed down to about a 20 acre patch they could be in. I was gonna put out more feed. And talk a walk.