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Thanks so much will try after dark tonight.
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X3 - those are not bees, but hornets. Bees get enough bad press as it is! Spray into the nest at night and run. (I would not recommend pouring gasoline in the ground near a pasture, or anywhere else)
I assure you--- 1/4 of a cup of gasoline will not hurt the ground. It will not even kill the grass if you pour it directly into the hole. There is no need to run, they will all be dead as soon as you pour it in the hole.X3 - those are not bees, but hornets. Bees get enough bad press as it is! Spray into the nest at night and run. (I would not recommend pouring gasoline in the ground near a pasture, or anywhere else)
It looks to me like my hive has swarmed. I checked them before leaving town for a few days, everything seemed fine and they had extra bars to build on. When I came home there were far fewer bees. I checked every bar in the hive yesterday, and they look healthy, do not seem to be agitated, there is capped brood comb including quite a few drone cells, but just not nearly as many bees. I did not see the Queen but I have not seen her since she was released into the hive this spring. Then my neighbor mention to me that a friend of his was driving down our road and ran through a swarm of bees- probably mine.
My understanding is that when they swarm, they leave a new queen to be hatched out to carry on the hive. Is there anything that I need to do it this time?