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A Small Open Colony (290)
Sometimes honey bees choose unusual places to live.
In this episode of Honey Bee Obscura, Jim Tew visits the property of longtime bee lab colleague Sherry to examine a remarkably small colony that has established itself completely exposed on a fallen tree branch near a blueberry and elderberry planting. The colony consists of only a few combs suspended in the open, just inches above the ground, with no cavity protection and little chance of surviving winter without intervention.
Jim and Sherry discuss how small swarms occasionally abandon their search for a suitable nesting cavity, why this…
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