I inspected the bee hive last Sunday and on Tuesday I happened by and quickly glanced at the #1 hive. I kept on walking and stopped as my mind deciphered the image – the hive had been attacked. This is the first time it has happened. The hive cover was on one side, the top super was on the ground, the second super half way off, a frame on the ground and the deep slightly askew on the bottom board.
I studied the frames – no honey had been removed. The bee hive boxes were undamaged and there were no claw marks. Was it human or animal? If human, since no honey was taken this must have been a prank. But unlikely to be human since the super on the ground was upside down and a human presumably would have picked it up and placed it down right side up. More likely an animal. But why? It it was after the honey why didn’t it take any – unless the bees drove it off? So a mystery. I reassembled the bee hive and hope the queen is ok.
I mentioned in my previous post that goldenrod and prairie fleabane (member of the aster family) are blooming and a bee favorite.
And the goldenrod is a hot favorite for wasps.
And of course for the bee.
