# Strange bee behaviour
**URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-bee-behaviour/33357
**Category:** Beekeeping - Basics
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-bee-behaviour/33357 "2022-07-20T19:09:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Seaspell](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Seaspell)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-bee-behaviour/33357/1 "2022-07-20T19:09:03Z")
Hi everyone,
I’m pretty new to all this and so excited observing the bees antics.
Anyone tell me what’s going on here? I’ve had the nuc about 3 weeks now and the’re happily building comb like mad. Is this bearding? Not really the typical shape of a beard I’ve seen in the books.
Obviously it’s been very warm recently and I thought they might be trying to cool the hive but today is a lot cooler and the’re still at it.
Hope there not going to swarm with it being a new nuc.
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### Author:  [@Dazs\_life](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dazs_life)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-bee-behaviour/33357/2 "2022-07-23T23:42:37Z")
They coud be washboarding.
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### Author:  [@Seaspell](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Seaspell)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-bee-behaviour/33357/3 "2022-07-24T07:25:15Z")
Hi Daz,
Great shout.
I’ve just looked up washboarding and I’m positive that your right.
The one thing I noticed is that the bees were moving back and forth and with it being a new colony, I’m sure it is.
Looks like there scrubbing the deck 😄🐝
Thanks again Daz.