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RE: How To Catch Wild Bees | Homing Our Feral Swarm in the Woodland Apiary (Vlog)
Ok. So just a question for those of us un-wise in the ways of bees. Are bees territorial? Are you going to have any problem when your 3 swarms start living in the same relative area? btw this is really cool what you are doing!
great question. bees sometimes can "steal" from other hives and also bees can get disoriented. we will space them at least 20-25 ft to give them some space and also make different markings on the hives so there is no confusion when they return home. i mean, you see commercial bees in uniform boxes and really close together so it's obvious bees can survive like this, but they oftentimes can go into the wrong hive in these cases, share diseases (if they have them) and like i said steal, and compete to weaken other colonies. our mentor advised us with 20 ft spacing, markings and even facing the entrances in differing directions so we're going with it!! :)