why would honey bees suddenly occupy hanging bird feeder with bird seed in it?

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ginger asked:


saw a swarm of bees outside window looked at bird feeder bees inside it and hanging off it 1000’s of them. happened very fast.Why?

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    1. Beekeeper Says:
      January 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 am

      The bees swarm and anything that will hold all of them while scouts look for good place to start new hive they.