General

In the days before the advent of moveable frame hives, books were written concerning bee behaviour based on supposition, when observation was not possible. Since those times, through constant repetition, some of those concepts have stayed with us and are accepted as correct.

Winter losses of bees have been high this year and a lot of colonies that are left are small in numbers and beekeepers will be concentrating on building them up and refilling empty hives leaving a severe shortage of bees to go around .