laurence edwardsOwner at Black Mountain Honey

This colony stands NO chance at ALL!

16 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, Laurence Edwards warns beekeepers about a colony that has become overwhelmingly populated with drones. He explains that such a drone‑heavy hive lacks sufficient young nurse bees, making it impossible to rear new brood or introduce a new queen. Consequently, the colony has virtually no chance of recovery, as the drones provide little functional value to the hive’s survival.

So drone central. Have you ever seen so many drones in a colony? If you're opening up your colony, you see that many drones, your bees do not stand a chance. Like zero chance. You can't put a new queen in there. You can't even add a frame of brood in there because you don't have enough young nurse bees to tend to the young bees as they come out and get them going. What you have got there is a pretty useless batch of drones.