Stingless Bee Intermediate Natural hive duplication 2 Hive duplication is something I have always been interested in. The ability to make a new hive from an existing one means you can use any hive box to start your new colony in. The support offered by the mother colony means your new hive will…
Native bees robbing mother hive Recently my friend Dean was out and about and discovered a Native bee hive that was starting a new colony. There is a bit of information out there that suggests when native bees are setting up a new hive, they send out the workers,…
Natural hive duplication Natural hive duplication is a nice way of slowly getting native bees to move into a box. While this method has been around for a long time (probably originating in brazil), it is not commonly used. I thought I would give this a go and share how I did it. I have…