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01/12/2006 Archived Entry: "Bees throwing out pupae"

Well things are starting to get back to normal with my feral beehive.
I still am not certain I have a queen. However I noticed that the bees are running a more normal routine.
One of the things the bees are doing is throwing out the pupae. I am not sure if this is due to the fact that they are defective or because they are making their own queen and those that were fed royal jelly aren't needed as they have already made one or the queen got place in the hive after my return trip to the boat.

I went into the boat last night and vaccummed out a last clump of bees that probably got back in when a section of tarp got loose from the dew on the tape. I resealed the entrance after getting the bees. I know from the bee forums that bee keepers like working with the bees during the day and I can understand that since most of them are out foraging. However when trying to capture and relocate bees, doing it at night works for me. Most of the bees are there and they are far more docile. I suspect that is due to the cooler weather.

Well off to work.