Hi, all.



All this year my hive of Italians have been active harassers.  Every time I got within 6 to 10 feet of the hive, one to six bees have come right out to harass me.  They never offered to sting but kept right in my face, sometimes brushing my face with their wings.  Often one would follow me 25 feet or so when I walked away.



I split the two-deep hive the third week of July when the last surplus flow ended, putting the queen and most of the brood and hive bees about 20 feet away.  That left all the foragers and a little brood and a few hive bees at the original location with a new store-bought queen.  Immediately all the harassing stopped from both hives.



Same bees, same external environment, same number of bees per cubic foot of hive volume but completely different behavior.





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