Hei!
 
James E. Hoyt wrote:
> One of the early bits of information my mentor imparted was that skunks
> eat bees ........
 
 Daniel J. Salemson wrote:
> > I once saw a video about skunks munching on bees at night......
 
I asked an additional question
about the drone slaughter behaviour of worker bees, which
fortunately has nothing to do with skunks (we dont have them here in
Norway!). Sounds like beekeeping in USA is fraught with all sorts of perils!
 
And Liz Day wrote:
> I don't keep bees, but just a guess - maybe the drones hadn't
>had anything to eat in a while, maybe they were already half-starved
 
in answer to
        How is it done...
        How can a worker force a much bigger drone to move
        in this way?
        Why were the drones acting as if they were already half
                    dead?
 
Well, maybe they were half-starved, if so, how on earth were they
prevented from feeding long enough to get in that state? Any more
ideas?
 
Cheers Tony
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