How can you tell if your bees absconded or disappeared due to colony collapse disorder? Many similarities exist between the two and it can be confusing. When a colony absconds, the entire colony leaves the hive including all the workers and the queen. The bees usually take everything with them, including the stored honey, and […] Read more
Why did my bees leave their hive? What would cause a new package of bees installed in a brand new hive to leave in just a few days? What did I do wrong and how can I prevent it in the future? First off, having your new bees abscond is not only heartbreaking, it’s expensive. […] Read more
About two days before Christmas I got an e-mail from an Arizona homeowner about a swarm of bees that were hanging from the eaves of her house. She said the weather had been unusually warm, but just as it started to change for the worse, the swarm of bees arrived. She didn’t want them to […] Read more