Had a quick peek under the lids of my hives today and was surprised and puzzled. Anyone got any ideas?
The top of the supers was full of drones, buzzing they were. I watched as many many took off and flew away. More seemed to come up from below and also flew off. They buzzed really loudly, not aggressive soundingly, but just buzzing. The same happened in both hives. I wondered if maybe they had got stuck in the hive and couldn't get out, and now that I had openned the roof they had the chance. Can drones get through a queen excluder? Maybe they were stuck above the QE and desperately wanted out.
Any ideas?