Yesterday I hived four packages, all from the same supplier. Two were Italian, and two were Carni.
One of these was really cranky. Instead of staying in the box when poured in, a lot of the bees flew out and one of them even managed to nail my wife who was walking back to the house. I didn't have any problem hiving the package, but I was surprised at how different this one was from the other three.
I'm assuming that I must have jostled this package in a different way than the other three and found a movement that was particularly offensive to the bees. Since these packages came from the same supplier and were assembled at the same time they all came from essentially the same bee stock, so the difference must have been something that I caused.
Any comments from the wealth of experience out there?
One of these was really cranky. Instead of staying in the box when poured in, a lot of the bees flew out and one of them even managed to nail my wife who was walking back to the house. I didn't have any problem hiving the package, but I was surprised at how different this one was from the other three.
I'm assuming that I must have jostled this package in a different way than the other three and found a movement that was particularly offensive to the bees. Since these packages came from the same supplier and were assembled at the same time they all came from essentially the same bee stock, so the difference must have been something that I caused.
Any comments from the wealth of experience out there?