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>Here in far west Queensland Australia we have the situation where on a yapunyah ( Eucalyptus ochrophloia) flow honey supers can be taken off by "drifting".  This is where the supers are stood on end on top of the hive and the bees drift out and back into the hive.  There is no robbing and the super can be left on top of the hive for a long time before putting on the truck to go back to the honey shed.  Do this on other flows and there will be robbing within minutes.  So why no robbing on yapunyah but robbing on other flows?

We regularly drifted bees around Durakai Forest which is just over the 
Great Dividing Range for non Australians.  Also dead outs were not 
robbed either.  On the coast it is possible to drift bees around 
October, which tends to be our least humid month.  On the rare occasion 
that we get a honey flow from Bloodwood robbing can be a problem just by 
cracking a lid.

On a Caley's Ironbark flow I have even seen the bees leave brood and the 
queen drifted down as well.

Geoff Manning

Also Australia

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