We did not have enough honey to harvest this year, so instead we let the bees consolidate their bounty.
To keep warm in winter the bees get only two boxes, so we took the third box off the top and placed it next to the hive.
Since the box was no longer part of the hive the queen
pheromone quickly vanished and all the bees from the hive started ransacking it. It was like a giant abandon warehouse full of gold just appeared! By the end of the day all the honey was removed from the comb and all the bees were in the two-story hive. If you look at comb you can see it was torn into and robbed without the care that the bees usually uses.
To keep warm in winter the bees get only two boxes, so we took the third box off the top and placed it next to the hive.
Since the box was no longer part of the hive the queen pheromone quickly vanished and all the bees from the hive started ransacking it. It was like a giant abandon warehouse full of gold just appeared! By the end of the day all the honey was removed from the comb and all the bees were in the two-story hive. If you look at comb you can see it was torn into and robbed without the care that the bees usually uses.
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