[Domestic Sasquach]

Bees will use whatever cavity/space they like for their hive as they find it. It could be a tree, wall, old water tank or even an empty hive box. Which got me thinking (usually this is where things go wrong)... except for beekeepers adding or removing boxes and/or frames the space itself stays the same. Do the bees naturally and automatically fill the space with brood and stores and then swarm or do they/could they learn their space and maintain the optimum use of what they have?

 

[Rader Sidetrack]

Welcome to Beesource!


Which came first, the chicken or the egg? :scratch: :lookout:

One way to look at your situation is that a colony of bees is a superorganism. That is, forget that there are individual bees and think of the colony as a living animal. Once an animal has adequate food, what is the next thing it wants to do?

The answer would be ... uhhh ... reproduce. :thumbsup::thumbsup:


Swarming is the way a colony reproduces itself. That is always the goal of the colony.



opcorn:

 

[Domestic Sasquach]

Chicken or egg is easy...
Two chickens so that the eggs are fertile

 

[honeydrunkapiaries]

The Chicken! http://www.thestar.com/life/2010/07/15/science_answers_the_question_which_came_first_the_chicken_or_the_egg.html