However, what I’ve heard from a beekeeper is that the smoke triggers a flight response in them (from fire) so they consume honey ready to flee, and that’s actual what makes them docile/drowsy.
I think if it comes to it they just flee, drowsily, with full bellies of honey - so they’ve got energy to fly and something left over to start the new hive.
However, what I’ve heard from a beekeeper is that the smoke triggers a flight response in them (from fire) so they consume honey ready to flee, and that’s actual what makes them docile/drowsy.
Pretty shitty instinct if it means they end up sleeping instead of fleeing.
I think if it comes to it they just flee, drowsily, with full bellies of honey - so they’ve got energy to fly and something left over to start the new hive.