Comments on: Bees Under the Floor – Pesky things! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/bees-under-the-floor-pesky-things/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/bees-under-the-floor-pesky-things/#comment-21166 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:14:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9760#comment-21166 In reply to philip.

No more info I’m afraid, but after placing our cluster back into the hive (and seeing the queen inside the hive), we left them to it and then they started clustering under the floor again.

We put them back in again and put the varroa board on to try to stop them going under there. We’ve left the board there for now and we’ll see what they do. I’m not sure what the attraction under the floor is though.

Al.

]]> By: philip https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/bees-under-the-floor-pesky-things/#comment-21165 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:51:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9760#comment-21165 Hi
yesterday I changed floor and next day saw similar with lots of bees on ground and I found cluster under OMFloor. I checked that the queen was inside after the floor was changed. I used a carton to scoop up bees and put them in an open super I used as an eke above the crown board which had feed holes open. Most bees went down the holes but there is still a smaller cluster remaining outside. Did you get any more info.

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