Hi All
 
Just saw the ppost about the ants and the guard bees behaviour to it,
with the buzzing and pointing the abdomen.
 
I have observed a few interesting things trying to get into bee
hives. Ants get in at night it seems. By day I have watched my guards
buzz the ants away with their wings. Bigger ants are actuallyy lifted
away and on one or two occarions I have seen two bees actually grab
an ant and pull it apart. I don't know whether that was the plan or
whether they both just wanted the pleasure of carrying the thing
away.
 
A while back I read abouut slugs in hives. Most of my beehives have
slugs in them. The slugs go in in the vening and spend the night on
the top board, where it is nice and moist and wwarm.
 
I have also come accross snails in the beehive on a few occaions.
 
The slugs and snails seem to move too slowwlyy to be noticed.
 
Keep well
 
Garth
 
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