I have a bee buddy that I have been helping out to learn bees and he lives about 35 miles away. He sent me this email today...
"Hi Bud, Checked out my hive again yesterday and there was a pile of bodies outside. Wasn't like that 2 days before. Are they house cleaning after being snowed in? Little black dots all over the outside of the hive,too. Ants? Give me a call"
My best guess, the bees are spring cleaning and this is normal. Any input or ideas? What the heck are the black dots, SHB?
We are in central Ohio and we are finally seeing some mid 50 - 60 degree dry days.
"Hi Bud, Checked out my hive again yesterday and there was a pile of bodies outside. Wasn't like that 2 days before. Are they house cleaning after being snowed in? Little black dots all over the outside of the hive,too. Ants? Give me a call"
My best guess, the bees are spring cleaning and this is normal. Any input or ideas? What the heck are the black dots, SHB?
We are in central Ohio and we are finally seeing some mid 50 - 60 degree dry days.