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  • From: David Whitman <whitmand AT me.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ocba] Bees Disappeared
  • Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:55:22 -0400

New at bee keeping this year and I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas what might make a colony of bees leave.

Below is a brief outline:
Three weeks ago they looked fine but have not expanded much past four frames since the end of April.
Today, the hive was empty except some capped larvae. All of the honey and pollen that was collected in the comb was completely gone.
The bees had plenty of sugar water and there were some bees still collecting the sugar water today.

Please send any ideas why the bees might have left.

Thanks.

David Whitman



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