I had never experienced a major robbing event before. Had (past tense) a weaker 4 over 4 colony that lost its queen, wasn’t able to make a new one despite frames of eggs being added over a month. Had an extra queen and she was released and starting to lay. I added a frame of brood to boost the population. Also reduced the entrance. I did not put any syrup on it.
Later in the afternoon I came back to the apiary, a huge number of robbers was overwhelming the colony. I had never seen anything like it. The colony was completely stripped and bees dead. Probably should have just let the colony die out instead of trying to “fix” it.
I don’t want a repeat so I plan on staying out of the apiary until we get some rain and hopefully a fall flow.
Later in the afternoon I came back to the apiary, a huge number of robbers was overwhelming the colony. I had never seen anything like it. The colony was completely stripped and bees dead. Probably should have just let the colony die out instead of trying to “fix” it.
I don’t want a repeat so I plan on staying out of the apiary until we get some rain and hopefully a fall flow.