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网页2023年3月21日 · Absconding is pretty rare, but a sudden collapse of a colony happens all too often. I had one abscond last year, it was a very populous colony in a box far too small for it. After about a week of that mess, they jumped ship and I don't blame them, my fault.
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网页2015年11月28日 · Bees absconding in late fall. Three weeks ago all was well. The hive was very strong and they had plenty of stores. Today, the hive is empty except for capped honey. No brood, no bees, no pests. Zippy. This hive was in a decent location, entrance reduced for winter protection, etc. etc. I had treated with Oxalic acid 2x in early October, but ...
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网页2013年4月1日 · The second time was, I feel, out of necessity. Hive 1: day 3 inspection. day 4 to verify that all the bees really were gone (as it appeared to be from the outside) Hive 2: day 3 inspection to remove the queen cage. day 6 to verify that 3/4 of the bees are gone, and so is the queen.
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网页2024年7月20日 · Hive Keeps Absconding! Trying to get my bees to stay home! This hive was a new split just a few weeks ago. I gave it a mated queen. This past Monday, I observed lots of eggs and fed the hive since it had no honey stores. Last evening the entire hive swarmed. I checked and no queen cells.
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网页2005年12月6日 · Absconding is the complete population of the hive. All bees have left the hive. Except for a stragler or lost bee, all the bees leave. In swarming, it is the natural perpetuating of the species, that being by some of the bees leaving to start a new colony. The old colony is still maintained and is functional.
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网页2014年9月10日 · I had NO loss of queens, or appreciable loss/pause of brood (nor any absconding). I removed the pads on the 8th and 9th days when my bees began to chew them up. (My girls are very tidy about hive trash, in general.) I can't figure out whether I just got lucky, or if there are some fundamental differences among users and methods or …
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网页2016年8月25日 · 1 - hive decline from Varroa. As the Varroa Population peaks in the fall. 2- The hive may have been queenless for some time as it can take a queenless hive up to 6 weeks (or longer) for all the workers to die. 3- The hive was a victim of robbing shortly after you harvested. So you had 5 combs of capped honey.
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网页2013年6月5日 · Absconding is where you don't see any bees clustered on the outside of the hive, you don't even see any on the inside, they've departed. Bearding is when you see bees clustered on the outside of the hive, for whatever reason bees do that, often, only the bees would know for sure.
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网页2022年5月17日 · The original absconding (in my opinion) was du to too much space in the hive. I recently added a super and they may not have been ready for it. Thanks again. I hope the additional information triggers some additional ideas.
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网页2012年9月25日 · Like. L. Luterra. 221 posts · Joined 2011. #6 · Sep 25, 2012. Yellowjackets can destroy a weak hive, killing and eating the bees in the process. Had that happen to a nuc of mine last September. This is an odd time of year for bees to abscond, though I suppose it's possible. I would suspect the yellowjackets.