[Konrad]

I had fun watching them taking in there last meal before freeze up!
Some pics....
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/fruitnut_/Honeybee/IMG_7535_1_1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/fruitnut_/Honeybee/IMG_7519_1_1.jpg

Do you ever wonder when feeding bees outside the hive, in this case cappings, when they fight,...
is it only fighting other bees off or fighting also amongst themselves??
Do they really "hurt" other bees??

Is this a Varroa on the abdomen?
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/fruitnut_/Honeybee/IMG_7561e.jpg

Konrad

 

[sierrabees]

Sure looks like Varroa to me, and I've seem far more of them than I would have liked to.

 

[George Fergusson]

>when they fight,... is it only fighting other bees off or fighting also amongst themselves??

It's a free-for-all. Anyone can join in, even when it's all bees from the same hive. It can get ugly when there isn't enough to go around.

>Do they really "hurt" other bees??

Yes. Some sustain critical injuries.

 

[jean-marc]

That is a varroa on the abdomen.

Jean-Marc

 

[Konrad]

Thank you all!
Oh....there was another fight, a Comma Butterfly
joint in and bees where not happy!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/fruitnut_/Bugs/IMG_7741_1_2_1.jpg