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  • From: Michael Scheck <mike.scheck AT gmail.com>
  • To: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
  • Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Something is off
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:53:18 -0400

I thought as much at first, but I think it's possible they were robbed after being in such a weakened state.  

It wasn't the hive next to them that did the robbing based on their current stores.

-Mike

On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com> wrote:

Your case sounds more like robbing was likely the primary problem.  I suspect the hive 5 feet away is much heavier now.

 

From: ocba [mailto:ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Michael Scheck
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:32 PM
To: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>; Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com>
Subject: Re: [ocba] Something is off

 

I had a nearly identical experience, on top of it when I opened the hive they had been robbed to the point that there wasn't a cell of honey inside. 

 

There were piles of dead bees just outside the entrance and on the bottom board.  The queen and a few thousand bees are still alive, so I moved them to a nuc to try to save the colony.  

 

The few experienced people I have shown the pictures to believe it's a result of pesticide and the remaining bees were likely brood or nurse bees at the time of the exposure.

 

The hive 5 feet away is fine, so it must have been during their foraging.

 

-Mike

 


On Jul 16, 2016, at 8:35 PM, Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com> wrote:

Anyone else seen this before? I just got back from vaca & found 2 of my 14 hives here looking like this. 

 

 

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