Hi John and everyone!

Maybe someone here can answer whether this is correct, but I've been
told that laying workers are too heavy to fly back to their hive.   When
you shake off the entire hive of  bees away from their old location,
they're the ones which are left crawling on the ground.
Anyone?

Matthew Westall - Castle Rock, CO


John wrote about laying workers:

> sides.  I know it is queenless.  Last night I took the hive 50 feet
> away and
> blew out all the bees just before dark.  Took the equipment and used
> it on

> Now my question what are the odds that the laying workers are going to
> find
> their way into my new hive and kill my queen?
>