MOVING COLONIES LOSING BEES

摘要

Every time a colony is moved a large number of bees become disorientated and "drift" into nearby colonies at the new apiary location. Many others just simply become so disorientated that they fail to return to any of the colonies at the new apiary. Ifyou ask a beekeeper whether or not this is a problem in their beekeeping operation, the response would likely be, "some bees may get lost or drift into other colonies after I move my bees but the losses are so small that it does not affect my colonies significantly." Not!