I have top feeders for some of my hives, but I only use them in early spring before the nectar flow or in late fall after the nectar flow. Robbing around where my hives are seems to be low at those times. During the nectar dearth when the risk of robbing is high I use …
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Robber Bees
For the last week or so, I’ve been dealing with robber bees attacking my hives. Hungry bees everywhere! Not a big surprise since many beekeepers lost hives after the freeze in late March and had to replace bees. Then we had a lot of rain during the spring nectar flow, so the newly starting colonies …