balling the queen.

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Kurt Bower
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balling the queen.

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On more than one occasion I have experienced finding the bees balling and trying to kill their queen.
Is this coincidence? I think it is highly unlikely that when going into a hive I would go at the very time that the bees were planning on killing the queen. Or is this a response to sudden smoking of the hive and the bees get confused.
Well anyway I rescued the old gal, marked her and released her back into the hive. Right! :shock: She of course decides to take flight and get her tail out of there and quick.
Of course I assumed she would come back and 4 days later I have fresh eggs.
Now if I could only find that marked queen! :wink:

Kurt
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