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When you host a hive, you’ll notice that each one looks unique. Some are different colours, others are stacked different heights and each group of hives has a different arrangement of heights and colors.
While bees seem rather simplistic, they have the intelligence to recognize their hive, but not enough to distinguish identical hives in a row.
Imagine it like this. Some people live in neighbourhoods or apartment buildings where all of the houses look very similar if not identical. If you grew up in this neighbourhood, you would simply remember that your house is the 3rd from the end, or that you live in apartment 202. A bee can’t count the number of hives in a row; but that doesn’t make him unintelligent.
A bee can recognize an arrangement of hives. A bee can recognize that She lives in the middle hive in a group of low hive, medium hive, tall hive. She can also tell that he lives in the green hive if it’s next to an identical sized yellow hive.
Why does it matter that a bee gets to the right hive?
Bees have families and allegiances to a queen (that’s why hives only have one queen) in the same way a neighbour randomly walking into your house is going to realize he’s out of place.
A bee flying into the wrong hive can be seen as an intruder and the bees that live there will do whatever it takes to protect their queen and their hive, including attacking and killing the intruding bee.
As territorial as bees can be of their own hive, bees can happily live in separate hives right next to each other.
Can I customize my host hives?
Yes! Because each hive needs to be customized visually, we can add a decal to your hive that says “Welcome to our garden” or a picture or design. When you’re ready to host a hive, we are happy to discuss design details to customize your hive perfectly to fit your garden and your personality!
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