[bert]

I no longer mind a colony. I did though for twenty + years.

Treat your bees gently and well and they will reward you with wax and honey and more bees.

A colony is a living organism with a queen and thousands of ordinary workers and a few drones. The colony has a mind and makes decisions and allocates resources and jobs. The colony decides when it is prosperous enough and then swarms. The colony decides where to go and then takes the queen to the new residence.

Bees can detect CO2. The CO2 from your breath is located and a warning can be given by buzzing there before your eyes. Be gentle and it will go away.

Bees have needs. Keep one super ahead of their current storage. Be sure the brood chamber is maintained in good shape. Don’t be greedy. Do not take off too much of their stores. Provide water that can is not too deep and is easily accessed. Read and study.

Until we learn to communicate with bees, we can forget about communicating with aliens

Enjoy your bees

Thus saith bert

[Dacula]

Thanks Bert