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[-] ThermonuclearCactus 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Actually if bees don't like the hive you put them in, they absolutely will leave. I haven't had happen to me personally but I have heard of it happening to others; you put the package in and come back to find that 200$+ worth of bees just upped and flew away.

[-] Spacenut@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This isn't true for the vast majority of commercial honey unfortunately. If you're buying it from the supermarket, or any producer that operates at even medium scale, they'll clip the wings of the queen so that the hive is unable to leave even if they want to.

[-] ThermonuclearCactus 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And then they lose the hive anyway due to CCD or some nutrient deficiency that results from only consuming almond nectar.

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