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>>no supercedure... not seen any evidence [of]...attacks.... Flow is
real good right now. The weather has been so good... no bananas,
not even a beer then :)
Kent,
We have just about exhausted the typical possibilities. Please
advise if requeening will change their behavior.
I have one hive that's always slightly more defensive than others.
Nothing like your experience. Just a couple of bees will keep flying
in my face while I work it. You'd think they are mesmorized by my
*good looks* ;-))... but, if I squeeze one of the workers and there
is an alarm odor, these bees will try to attack. I have changed the
hive's location, changed the queens 2-3 times, as with my other
hives, in the course of 3 years. It defies common wisdom but, like I
said, this hive is not overly defensive just a touch more than the
other ones.
What else is interesting is that the most gentle hives I've had were
headed by local *pure feral* queens.
Waldemar
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