If bees are robbing a nuc that has a fedder on it, do they kill more than gaurd bees once inside the hive. Or once they get in the hive is their only mission to get food, and not do any other damage.
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If bees are robbing a nuc that has a fedder on it, do they kill more than gaurd bees once inside the hive. Or once they get in the hive is their only mission to get food, and not do any other damage.
It's possible that your queen could be killed.
Here's some links:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=0009670...20queen%20nucs
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesrobbing.htm
This is interesting too: http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/robbing.html
Just for the record, do you have Italians?