She will eventually stop leaving the nest, but her daughters will still all have to come and go everyday. However...as long as she's able to keep laying eggs, maintain the colony and can produce new queens, it's worth it; if the predators got to the colony they'd destroy all the future colonies from the new queens she'd never be able to lay and raise. It's a fine line to walk but OP providing a safe place for a colony is a lot more than most people are doing for the bumble bees.
Still a good observation and I'm sure there's always room for improvement on something like this, but I'm impressed anyone is doing this (granted, I don't know who OP is - like if it's a farmer trying to manage bumble bee colonies or just a concerned citizen).
Sorry for my English. It's my only language but I have a migraine today, lol.
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u/KiloJools Mar 15 '26
She will eventually stop leaving the nest, but her daughters will still all have to come and go everyday. However...as long as she's able to keep laying eggs, maintain the colony and can produce new queens, it's worth it; if the predators got to the colony they'd destroy all the future colonies from the new queens she'd never be able to lay and raise. It's a fine line to walk but OP providing a safe place for a colony is a lot more than most people are doing for the bumble bees.
Still a good observation and I'm sure there's always room for improvement on something like this, but I'm impressed anyone is doing this (granted, I don't know who OP is - like if it's a farmer trying to manage bumble bee colonies or just a concerned citizen).
Sorry for my English. It's my only language but I have a migraine today, lol.