This afternoon about 4pm my bees looked like they were getting ready to swarm. They were piling out of the box, walking up the front face of the box an taking off and hovering at the front of the hive. It made for an 8 to 10 foot ball of bees. Then after about 30 minutes, just as quick as they started, they settled back down and everyting was normal.
Why did they do this?
This is a package hive about 6 weeks and I put on the second deep last week. The weather hear has been rainy, cold and windy for the past week. Most of their collecting they have been dodging rain drops. This was the first day of good sun but only in the low 70s.
The only other thing different was; I removed the syrup about a week ago and added it back Saturday, and it was empty in 2 days. Consumer 1 gallon os syrup.
Why did they do this?
This is a package hive about 6 weeks and I put on the second deep last week. The weather hear has been rainy, cold and windy for the past week. Most of their collecting they have been dodging rain drops. This was the first day of good sun but only in the low 70s.
The only other thing different was; I removed the syrup about a week ago and added it back Saturday, and it was empty in 2 days. Consumer 1 gallon os syrup.