I did some external feeding, resulting in some robbing behavior from some very dark bees probably some local feral bees. I closed down the entrances removed the external feeder.
The next day I had the same behavior you mention. Bees working around the edges of the hive. The hive had a bucket feeder inside a deep closed off so that only the bees inside the hive had access through the top board. I gave it another day noting the same activity.
The following morning I took out the feeder and the activity ceased that day. After a few days of no feed I returned the internal bucket feeder with no external activity.
Lesson learned from external feeding..... the hard way
The next day I had the same behavior you mention. Bees working around the edges of the hive. The hive had a bucket feeder inside a deep closed off so that only the bees inside the hive had access through the top board. I gave it another day noting the same activity.
The following morning I took out the feeder and the activity ceased that day. After a few days of no feed I returned the internal bucket feeder with no external activity.
Lesson learned from external feeding..... the hard way
