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Assignment of space and population control are ways that all of the colony's bees fit in one hive. The hive has all of its space designated for specific purposes, such as kitchens and pantries for processing and storing nectar and pollen and nurseries for raising newborn and immature bees. Male bees, called drones, help alleviate population pressure since they are eliminated during mating and, with the indicators of imminent inclement weather, exiled outdoors.

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Although some beekeepers may use some form of fastening to make life easier when moving a hive, in most cases the hive sections just sit on top of each other.

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Can or cannot bees within one hive comunicate with bees from another?

Bees in one hive typically do not communicate with bees from another since they usually will not allow bees from another hive to enter their own hive.


Will you call the bee keeper back if you still see bees flying around one week after the bee hive removal?

Certainly talk to him if you are worried. But it is inevitable there will be a few bees left behind after the hive is taken. They were probably away foraging at the time. Bees can't survive for long without a hive, so will die after a few days. The exact time will depend on the weather and the availability of nectar. But in any case the lifespan of a bee means that even with a hive they wouldn't live for more than three or four weeks of foraging. Another point of comfort: The queen will have gone with the hive. Worker bees on their own can't breed. Although female, they've never been mated, and can't be.


What are the uses of a honey bee hive?

Most plants require insects to transfer pollen from one flower to another, and most of this pollination is done by bees. Without pollination, plants would not produce seeds or fruit, so bees are not just useful, they are essential for life as we know it.


How would a hive respond to two bees doing different waggle dances?

Competition, prioritization and reconciliation are all possible responses when one hive's colonists witness two bees doing different waggle dances. The performances in question communicate information about foraging routes to nectar- and pollen-filled flowering plants. The hive's foragers may decide to discredit, merge or rank the information depending upon how divided or united the residents are in the availability and division of foods and tasks.


Do honey bees carry their hives from one place to another?

Honey bees don't usually migrate. Nor do they hibernate, but they won't leave the hive if it is too cold or wet. They only time they will leave a hive as a group is as a swarm, where roughly half of the colony will leave to start a new hive elsewhere. The only time the whole colony will move is if their current hive becomes uninhabitable for some reason, in which case they will move anything from a few metres up to two or three kilometres.