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bee cluster at hive entrance

Marie Tulin
14 years ago

There is a small cluster of bees that stays in the corner of the hive entrance. If I had to guess, I'd say there is a "large handful" maybe 30-50.They have been there about 5 days. I know what 'bearding' looks like, and besides it has been rainy and cool for 2 weeks straight. What is going on?

The bees were installed as a new package around the end of May, the second deep was put on only two weeks ago (again, delayed by heavy rain for at least a week). I looked at the second deep yesterday and bees were all over every frame. I did not remove any frames for inspection.

My plan was to put on the first honey super around July 4.

Does this persistent entrance cluster suggest I should change that schedule?

Thanks!

Marie

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