On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:17 PM Pete B wrote:

> A healthy colony definitely has an odor component. I remember trying to
> explain to my dad how a honey colony has a noticeable odor.  He said, you
> mean the honey? the pollen?
>
> Of course, we can smell these things but also the bees have an animal
> odor, just as a dog, or sheep, etc. Also, I would say that open brood has a
> detectable odor.


I insist that the odors ¿odours? we experience from a close colony are all
meaning "of something" .If we smell the honey is nectar ripening. I can
smell brood problems, alarm pheromone and swarming sometimes.

If I do not fell any smell is either dead (easy to check by entrance
traffic) or in good condition.

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