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When bees suddenly pour out of the hive, beekeepers often panic about swarming. But rapid exits usually mean a strong nectar flow is on, and the bees are just taking advantage of it. The speaker explains how to tell the difference.
When bees suddenly pour out of the hive, beekeepers often panic about swarming. But rapid exits usually mean a strong nectar flow is on, and the bees are just taking advantage of it. The speaker explains how to tell the difference.
So maybe you're seeing something like this on your colonies and you're thinking, oh my goodness, my bees are going to swarm. This here is not swarming behaviour. It does look a bit like this, but this is just really positive behaviour from the bees going out. It's clearly an amazing flow on for today. The bees are just going out and taking advantage of it.
