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Re: Drifting, robbing, absconding, mite reproduction and "mite bombs"
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 16 Jan 2016 23:30:56 -0000
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>Last spring in OK I had a yard set like this in the road ditch.   The 3-4 hives on the downwind  end would be absolulty mugged with bees

This has been known about in the UK for at least 100 years; most commonly seen on the heather moors where colonies were set out in lines.  They often still are; I have seen around 80 hives all next to one another beside a dry stone wall for shelter.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
 

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