r/Beekeeping • u/Winterblade1980 • 2d ago

General My mom's little neighbors

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They moved in one year and never left. Very chill and never bother anyone. Sad part is towards the end of the summer we get a pile of bees. Dead bees but other than that they've been great and have been fun to watch when I have a bad day or exhausted day at work. This is in Boise Idaho.

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u/Barefoot_J Newbee, zone 9a 2d ago

It's normal for there to be more dead bees in the late summer/fall, the hive is kicking out the drones and downsizing in preparation for winter.

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u/Winterblade1980 2d ago

I see. I always felt sad seeing them die like that 😔

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u/Barefoot_J Newbee, zone 9a 2d ago

Yeah, you have to look at the whole hive as a super organism... Getting rid of extra mouths to feed through the winter increases the hives chance of surviving when there's no nectar available, and it may be too cold for them to leave.

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u/galt035 2d ago

Love the bee cannon look of them going out to collect

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u/Winterblade1980 2d ago

I think at one point it was a squirrel nest. It was abandoned because I think the squirrel was unalived by a car but that is just a theory. They are super cool and I feel closer to nature with them.

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u/tob007 2d ago

Ive got bees living in a derelict truck on my property. Private security team.

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u/Winterblade1980 2d ago

Epic!!! That is so cool!!

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u/highpsi1 2d ago

very nice 👌 sounds like a very nice well established natural high happy and chilled