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Wathcing the bees coming and going from the hive this morning, I
noticed what appeared to be two bees wrestling. They fell off the
alighting board and finally separated on the ground, at which point
one of them (which looked like all my other bees) flew back into the
hive. The other bee (though almost definitely a honey bee) looked
quite different, in that it was very very dark (mine are quite light),
and looked like its fur had been rubbed off (ie it may not have
started out dark). Also, its wings were like two little bits of string
and, I beleive, were being chewed during the wrestling match by the
other bee. It didn't look as if the bees were trying to sting each
other during the bout.
Afterwards, the dark bee then just crawled around on the ground, but
did not seem interested in trying to fly.
Does anyone have any thoughts about what might have been going on?
Also, if this is going to happen again, can anyone tell me where to
get a set of rules for bee wrestling?
Leo Walford
One hive, London,UK
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