On 6 Aug, 13:29, hone...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(beekeep) wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:13:25 -0700, dave-rawl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >Hi folks
> >Does anyone out there recognise what these bees are doing and why.
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ZBUETa2xw
>
> >About a dozen or so kept it up, on their flight board for over an
> >hour. It had been a hot day and the temperature at the time of
> >filming was 25C but other bees from this hive, and bees from an
> >adjacent hive, did not appear to be heat-stressed. To the best of my
> >knowledge nothing had been spilt on the flight board and when they are
> >cleaning up spilt honey bees don't usually move like this.
>
> >Living in one of the most heavily sprayed counties in the UK. I'm a
> >bit paranoid about unusual behaviour as a symptom of neurological/
> >spray damage.
>
> >Any ideas/observations gratefully received.
>
> They are doing what is called "washboarding." They will do it by the
hour and
> nobody really knows why they do it. Nothing to worry about!
>
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Thanks beekeep,
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