Weird suicidal bees?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Each wasp on average kills 4 bees in a lifetime. Kill one wasp - save 4 bees!

 

I thought a bee was harder than a wasp?!

 

or is it the one sting thing?

[Gardenmac]

It's wild comb created by a swarm probably in the warmer weeks earlier this year. Sadly as the temp drops the bees die off because the comb is in the open and not in the more usual hollow of a tree or other void. Being in the open they can't sustain a constant temp between 32 to 35 degrees and so the bees chill and die. In the hive bees keep the temp constant throughout the year, they use any honey to keep up their energy and so if they run out of honey as a food they die off, we have to give our bees sugar solution in the winter to help keep them going. These bees probably died off through a combination of running out of food and the exhaustion through trying to keep warm.

[s.varty]

I thought a bee was harder than a wasp?!

 

or is it the one sting thing?

 

Size is no measure of strength

[Pat Ferrett]

Where's Harry Hill when you need him ?

[Pat Ferrett]

Sugar/Life on earth, tough call Pat, i'll start a poll

 

I take it you have never seen the film Sex lives of the potato men Steve ?

[Mark Bolam]

Where's Harry Hill when you need him ?

 

Classic mate, I got it.

[hedgesparrow]

beekeeper chap hate wasps and hornets. if he gets a number of wasps attack a hive it can do a lot of damage. hornets he said are worse send out sentinels looking for whatever if they come across a beehive will go back and come in numbers poor bees no match for them can destroy a hive.

[Robert_S]

Where's Harry Hill when you need him ?

 

fight!!

[Gardenmac]

beekeeper chap hate wasps and hornets. if he gets a number of wasps attack a hive it can do a lot of damage. hornets he said are worse send out sentinels looking for whatever if they come across a beehive will go back and come in numbers poor bees no match for them can destroy a hive.

 

Mice can also do some serious damage if they get inside the hive.

[breffni]

Great tits will attack bees apparently, but maybe only bumblebees

 

 

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