I witnessed some odd behavior today.  I'd just finished tending my hives and was pulling my veil off some distance away, when I noticed a guard bee "warning" me in my face.  I backed away a bit, and she re-directed over toward my smoker, which probably had some honey on it.  She hovered for a moment over the smoker, which was still very much lit, then dived straight into the smoke spout!  I sat there thinking about this, wondering for a moment if she might reappear.  Nope.

The smoker was quite hot.  I can only wonder what would cause a bee to do this.  Sugars in the smoke?  Confusion?  Any other guesses?


Regards,

Todd.

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