Hi all,
I am in Australia and recently fitted a yellow plastic pollen trap to the front of the hive.
After leaving it there for several weeks (open) to get them use to it, I put the flap down to collect pollen.
To my surprise, the bees were too big to get through the gaps! I watched for 10 minutes and saw only about 3 bees small enough to squeeze in. I saw the bees trying hard to squeeze themselves through, but they couldn't. I left them for a while thinking they had to just figure out how to do it, but they still were not getting in 20 mins later.
Are some bees a different size? I bought this hive from a commercial keeper.
Has anyone heard of this happening before?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Dave