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> dry seasons, too, can dampen bee populations in hives as they flee and search for moister climes. This seems unlikely. The bees likely died. Bees don’t just
by lostlogin 3y ago
> dry seasons, too, can dampen bee populations in hives as they flee and search for moister climes.
This seems unlikely. The bees likely died. Bees don’t just leave their brood and fly off.
- bregma 3y agoBees don't just leave their queen and fly off. If there's a queen there's brood but if the queen dies the workers begin to disperse, and also start to lay (haploid) eggs that only hatch into drones which also disperse. On the other hand, colonies will migrate if their environmental conditions are not ideal. It's a phenomenon called "swarming" and it happens all the time even with domestic livestock.
- lostlogin 3y agoIs swarming migration? The original colony remains in place (though can fail and die due to starvation, disease etc). The new swarm could be described as migrating, I suppose, but the OG remains.