In the May 2004 issue of the journal "Beekeeping," M.K

In the May 2004 issue of the journal "Beekeeping," M.K. Dolinin published an article titled "Main Orientation: Entrance or Hive?" The author's experiments showed that when the entrance and hive were spatially separated by a tunnel, bees responded to the entrance rather than the hive. It is clear that during their initial orientation flights, bees memorize the entrance's position. Beekeepers know that if the hive is inspected during the first flight, young bees will attempt to return through the same route for several days. If a colony is moved to a hive with a new entrance location, returning bees will gather at the wall where the entrance used to be. However, this does not imply that bees disregard their home's location; they first orient themselves by its position before searching for the entrance.