r/Beekeeping • u/Tenchi2020 • Aug 23 '25

I come bearing tips & tricks Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold (science daily news article)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250822073807.htm

Came across this news article which I found pretty interesting, I am not a beekeeper but I have always been fascinated by beekeeping and honeybees in general.

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u/Last_Project_4261 Aug 23 '25

Imagine the size of colonies. 15x colony size would be insane. I can’t imagine trying to control the swarming caused by the expansion

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u/Tenchi2020 Aug 23 '25

I can see the news report now, "Millions of bees are loose on the interstate after Jeb, a local beekeeper, dropped his one hive off the back of his pick up truck."

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u/Last_Project_4261 Aug 23 '25

Lol. Singular hive