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Re: Bee lines and feral bees+finding bees
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Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:20:41 EDT
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In a message dated 12/03/2008 12:27:30 GMT Standard Time,  
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When  scouts set up a bee line and bring recruits, 
> > start gradually  moving the jars in the direction of the departing bees.  



When you know the line, mark it on a map, then move the food (and some  bees) 
at right angles to the bee-line for a few hundred yards and start again.  You 
can then triangulate the position of the colony.
 
Chris
 
 



   

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