How concerned should I be about scavenging bees in my bait hive?
I have a bait hive in my apiary and today I noticed bees coming and going from it. Unfortunately, it turned out just to be scavenging bees, there after what was left on the old comb (which was just pulled a few weeks ago). I've tracked some of the bees, and not all are coming from my hives. How concerned should I be about this? I'm worried about disease getting transferred to my bees from these "foreign" bees.
I have a bait hive in my apiary and today I noticed bees coming and going from it. Unfortunately, it turned out just to be scavenging bees, there after what was left on the old comb (which was just pulled a few weeks ago). I've tracked some of the bees, and not all are coming from my hives. How concerned should I be about this? I'm worried about disease getting transferred to my bees from these "foreign" bees.