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Bees try to bar the barbarians at the gate

DoomsDave

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I have a pair of beehives, with nice, mellow Euro-style honeybees. One of my friends is becoming a beekeeper and we sited the two hives under the Mule Palm.

Things were going well, when one of the hives was attacked by what appears to be another colony of bees trying to take over.

I suspect there's little that can be done, but if anyone has some thoughts, let me know.

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Looks like you have a hive opening reducer in place. Not much else you can do that I know of.

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My beekeeper bud advised me that the same thing had happened to one of his other hives, and it took a week for the invaders to give up. :bemused::sick:

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Dave, do you see the raider bees fighting the colony? It looks like they wrestle each other. I agree the only thing you can do is restrict the opening so the colony can better protect itself. If you start seeing the wax caps from the comb on the landing strip, the raiders are stealing the honey. This typically happens during the winter, when there are less flowers for food. Bees are smart, they know it is easier to get food from an existing hive, rather than forage from the flowers. This has happened many times to my hives. BTW, that hive is typically lost after the raiders are done.

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The La Habra Raiders were repulsed!

The hive is back to normal, more or less. We installed screen-doors today for the heat.

There's tons of honey in there, which is why the rogues tried to rob it.

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