Dealing With Feisty Bees (075)

Honey Bee Obscura Podcast · May 26, 2022 · 18m

Jim's beeyard is the center of attention this week, because his bees were bothering his wife and a very patient, longtime neighbor. That's not a good thing. So, exasperated, Jim asks Kim for his ideas about all that was going on and to help figure out why.

Two of his colonies were swarming or at least it looked that way. Plus, he is experiencing a nectar dearth at the moment. Is robbing part of the problem? Regardless, his bees are feisty and others are paying the price.

It was a mixed bag of bee behavior going on in that beeyard that day and it can happen in your yard, too. Just when you…