Robbing

[beemandan]

We are just on the edge of a nectar flow….some yards are putting up honey but in those that are still not….robbing is a risk when feeding.

[billybwf]

Are they all from packages or splits?

[beemandan]

Are they all from packages or splits?

They're from splits. For some reason that particular nuc has taken the brunt of this yard's robbing. After the dust settled, I opened and checked it out. The queen was still laying...and there seemed to be a good population of workers but no honey. I now have the entrance reduced and fed them today (rainy and cold)...and am hoping that the nectar will begin to flow soon.

[squarepeg]

nice lookin' yard there dan.

it's nice when they don't kill the queen.

the forecast looks good for foraging up here starting tomorrow.

[beemandan]

Thanks SP. Things are finally starting to happen here too. I went into a couple of yards earlier this week and they were bringing in nectar like crazy. Then I'd go to a different yard....nada. A touch of sunny, seventy degree weather and I think they're all going to boom.