Adrian, speaking as an entomologist, I would begin by examining all the bonnets in your neighbourhood. And beware of monkshood in particular. High resolution videos of the cumbustion events could be helpful, but it isn't likely, so don't take any unless your edifice is well insured from flame.

Jon. I suspect you of scepticism (or even denialism) and I'm rather surprised. This phenomenon has been well-known in certain circles for upwards of a decade.

The secret is in the wood the hive is made from. Normally wood is a non-conductor, but when a low current is passed through it (always along the grain, not across) then unexpected effects become apparent - especially, for some unknown reason, if the apparatus is set up at the intersections of gridlines identified using a GPS. Coincidentally, the energy emissions made by busy bees are at the exact wavelength required to boost the electromagnetic effect and this results in a feedback loop leading to extra honey. This honey isn't made in the normal way - i.e. from nectar - it is actually the coalescence of the excess energy being transformed into matter.

Unfortunately, a side effect of this energy production and feedback is that each bee becomes, essentially, a mini-nuclear missile (and this is why the American military are so interested) with small explosions being common and larger detonations expected as Jupiter enters the 17th phase of alignment with the inner planets during the 4th aeon of Ra.

Thank you for taking the time to answer Petethebloke but I have a suspicion that perhaps your answer is a little disingenuous. I'm open to the possibility of this being an honest attempt at assisting me in resolving my issue however mentions of planetary alignment in relation to this have the distinct smell of sarcasm. I realise that my question and my somewhat unconventional methodology has probably raised a few eyebrows but I think answers of this nature are uncalled for. If this is a false answer then it's interesting that at least one of your "facts" was almost on the money. It was also my conclusion that the extra honey was some form of energy coalescence as there was no discernable increase in activity from the bees themselves (that is, I did not observe members of my hive bringing back any more nectar than usual). The mechanism behind this is still in question but I find your theory fascinating. I would also ask that you not include any mentions of the US military in any of your posts when answering my questions. This is for your own protection. I have had several run ins with different arms of government in many country's and I would hate to see any casual association with me have tragic consequences for you or anyone close to you. It's happened at least once that I can confirm. My friend's cousin's brother in law that I shook hands with at a wedding came home that same night to find that someone had drank 90% of what was previously a full carton of chocolate milk in his refrigerator. He did not have anyone else living with him.

In years gone by, electronic components that stored an electric charge, capacitors, were made from layers of waxed paper and metal foil. In your hives the wooden frames and beeswax take the place of the waxed paper and the bees crawling between them take the place of the metal sheets. This structure will store an electric charge.

An important part of the honey making by bees is drying the honey. Removing water improves the long term storage of the honey and changes its flavour. I think you will find that the build up of electric charge across your hives is preventing the evaporation of water from the honey storage cells. This results in a higher volume of honey and a different flavour.

As the bees crawl below the frames, which will have alternate charges on them, the bees pick up the different charges on the hairs on their bodies. The end result is a bee that has some possitively charged hairs and some negatively charged hairs but overall a neutral charge.

In flight the charges will gradually dissipate from the tips of the hairs. However, if the bee collides with an object such as a wall shortly after takeoff, the tips of the hairs will hit each other resulting in a rapid discharge. This rapid discharge will produce enough energy to at least fry the bee's hairs an possibly the entire bee.