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Post by Nancy Vallereux on Jun 5, 2011 17:28:09 GMT -7
Twice in the past couple days we've notice a honey bee flying out of the hive carrying another honey bee...up up and away...!!  We had no idea a honey bee could carry her own weight - let alone fly away with it! Not able to find anything online...anyone know? |
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Post by beesmax on Jun 5, 2011 19:27:31 GMT -7
They can carry their own weight. Amazing huh? I don't know if it is dead bees you are seeing, but I do know they will carry them out and throw them off the landing board. Would not surprise me that they would fly with them and drop them away from the hive.
Hope this helps
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Post by Nancy Vallereux on Jun 5, 2011 21:15:28 GMT -7
Both honeybees that were taken away were alive and struggling with the other honeybee (trying to get away) until they were bee-napped. The first time was when I had both outer and inner covers off just before inspecting the hive. Second time they came out of the front of the hive (bottom one still wiggling - trying to get away) Thx
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Post by beesmax on Jun 9, 2011 13:25:27 GMT -7
Hmmmm? Are you sure the captor is a honeybee? Has there been any ransom demand?  If they are both honeybees....and both alive....I have no idea. Sorry. |
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Post by beesmax on Jun 9, 2011 13:27:10 GMT -7
Hmmmm? Are you sure the captor is a honeybee? Has there been any ransom demand? If they are both honeybees....and both alive....I have no idea. Sorry. |
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Post by Nancy Vallereux on Jun 10, 2011 20:13:47 GMT -7
They looked exactly alike - I had an up close and personal look at the first bee-napping - in the hive on top of the frames. The second time I was a few feet away but they went in the same direction as the first one (two). No ransom demand so far!  |
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Post by Englandsnumber6 on Jun 6, 2015 13:52:47 GMT -7
Just at the start of summer I saw a large bee like a bumble with a white bottom carrying a much smaller alive bee on its back also as it flew away it squirted some clear and yellow goo out and then flew away .
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Post by klara on Jul 30, 2019 15:50:18 GMT -7
I just saw a giant black bumble bee carry 3 smaller one. At first it looked dead but later on it took off with the others on her back. Any explanation for this?
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Post by Wamegodreamweaver on Jul 2, 2020 5:18:15 GMT -7
We are having the same situation of what appears to be honeybees carrying other live honeybees out of our hive and flying off with them. This has been going on for a couple of weeks. We’ve watched them carefully. They ARE honeybees carrying off honeybees from our hive. Any insight would be welcome.
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Post by CrazyYoungBeekeeper on Jul 19, 2020 11:13:08 GMT -7
Did you find any articles for your inquiry? Those are housekeeper or undertaker bees. Did you notice if the bee being taken away had deformities or had odd looking wings? It was being taken away, because it had been deemed unhelpful to the overall hive. Maybe it was sick ("Wait, I'm not dead yet. Really I feel fine.") Perhaps it was an intruder. Check out this article on Beverly Bees. www.beverlybees.com/bring-out-yer-dead-the-undertaker-bees/#:~:text=The%20undertaker%20bees%20are%20incredible,can%20lift%20into%20the%20air. Bees being removed from the hive by another honey bee is a normal occurrence. |
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Post by leo on Mar 27, 2023 21:26:06 GMT -7
we have a wild hive in the wall of the house. 28/3/23 intensive activity at air vent entrance. many crawlers on the ground probably more than a 100. then saw bee carrying off another bee thinking that it was a queen being mated. i observed this for more than 2 dozen pairs flying in 2 different directions. surely there isnt that many queens when it comes time to swarm. i dont really know that much about them.
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