re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

very similar to ant piles...
each hive has a queen and the workers (the bees you see) are bonded via pheromones to that queen only. the field bees out gathering dont interact with each other at all.

back at the hive, the workers will indicate to the others if they found a juicy flower stash to go pillage, but it wont be another hive. most beekeepers have dozens of hives, stacked right next to each other.

funny we were discussing this, i got a call this morning that a building we are renovating on oneal is full of bees . five hives located so far. he's coming back out this weekend to try and relocate as many as he can. i have never seen so many bees in one place in my life