Liquid in bottom tray

[LyzaNorton]

Water , and beetles

Welcome to the Flow forum! A bit more information would help. Have you had a lot of rain recently? Is the inner cover under the roof wet? Is the hive near a sprinkler or other water spray? If none of these are the case, is there a lot of good forage blooming in your area at the moment? As you probably know, when bees go out foraging and bring back nectar, it is quite dilute. They mix it with enzymes, and then dry it inside the hive by fanning their wings. If they are bringing in a lot of dilute…

Perhaps this is the cause of the liquid in bottom tray …was posted similar. Mild weather and lots and lots of foraging …we live in a very lush hinterland area of Queensland.