Bee Skep

[blitz]

Started producing honey without fruit trees!

[dunehammer2013]

my first skep went well, but after i put 4 drones + 1 queen in my second skep, its worker remain to be 0 after 36 hours, why???

[DarkNacht]

my first skep went well, but after i put 4 drones + 1 queen in my second skep, its worker remain to be 0 after 36 hours, why???

probably not enough drones

[Nagualcina]

Started producing honey without fruit trees!

weeeee.... anything else in Skep circle? Trees? Wild Flower? Pot? Field? Also wondering does it need to be full of honey to pull beewax?

[honeymilk]

My skept is produce honey. Only thing within its range when it started was a normal tree. The skept have 1 queen and was full of drones, but some drones are dissapearing out of the blue, but everytime it happens it seems like I get more workers.

[Nagualcina]

Yes some of my drones also disappear, but got one added aswel... still no honey

[RonPaulFTW]

If you have multiple skeps in range of fruit tree - does each transfer some purity independently?

[JohnCarver]

If you have multiple skeps in range of fruit tree - does each transfer some purity independently?

The tree will run its pollination probabilities based on the skep with the highest workerbee counts. But it will change its purity based on a random purity derived from all skeps in range. Best to only leave your highest pure and highest workerbee skep in range of a fruit tree once it blossoms.

[Procne]

A hypothesis: putting a bee skep in the area with other trees will make the skep produce honey AND the trees refresh their products, ie nuts, leaves, cuttings.

[Argentis]

A hypothesis: putting a bee skep in the area with other trees will make the skep produce honey AND the trees refresh their products, ie nuts, leaves, cuttings.

Trees already refresh their products it just takes a long time. But are you suggesting that beeskeps speed up the process or are you arguing that they should?


Another question for JC: Do beeskeps close to each other impact negatively on each other? From what I've read they shouldn't as even if bees may confuse a hive from another, and enter the hive they do not belong to, the impact would be minimal on both hives as a whole.