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  • From: Mia Genis <mia AT comfortsoap.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] ocba Digest, Vol 143, Issue 17
  • Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 15:01:53 -0500

Hi,

I have gone inspecting my hive two weekends in a row and there is
still zero brood and no sign of a queen. Is there anybody who can
sell me a frame of brood or eggs? They are thriving in terms of
honey, nectar and pollen, but will soon die out if there is no brood.

Thanks,
Mia Genis

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> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:52:45 -0500
> From: Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net>
> To: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>, Lewis Cauble
> <lewis.cauble AT ncagr.gov>, Randall Austin
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> Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees
> Message-ID: <D4CF295A.1FDBA%mtwalker AT imageray.net>
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> They look like young, newly emerged bees to me.
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> From: ocba <ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of John Rintoul
> <beecd AT icloud.com>
> Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 10:47 AM
> To: Lewis Cauble <lewis.cauble AT ncagr.gov>, Randall Austin
> <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>
> Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees
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> Lewis and Randall,
>
> I inspected the 2 OCBA demonstration hives at Carrboro High School
> yesterday. Varroa counts were 0 and 2. These hives were treated twice last
> fall. First with thymol (Apiguard). But a post treatment varroa test
> indicated that the varroa count was still too high so I retreated with
> formic (MAQS).
>
> In the hive with 0 varroa I found several small, deformed, ghost bees (see
> below). Clearly there is something going on. I suspect that these ghost bees
> didn?t overwinter. Last fall?s varroa treatments knocked down the varroa
> numbers, but some deforming disease appears to have survived the winter.
>
> I would welcome comments from OCBA?s Master Beekeepers and varroa experts on
> what might be going on and a best guess as to the prognosis for this hive.
> Brood pattern and quantity was good. Bee coverage was good, so I am
> cautiously optimistic. But if there is something that I need to do to
> eliminate being overrun by ghost bees, let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> John Rintoul
> (919) 414-4071 (M)
>
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> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:58:22 -0500
> From: Walter Starks <walterstarks AT icloud.com>
> To: Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net>
> Cc: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>, Lewis Cauble
> <lewis.cauble AT ncagr.gov>, Randall Austin
> <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>,
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> Subject: Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees
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> Me too. What sort of deformity are you seeing?
>
> ______
>
> Walter
>
>
> You never can tell with bees. ~ Winnie-the-Pooh
>
>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 10:52 AM, Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net> wrote:
>>
>> They look like young, newly emerged bees to me.
>>
>> From: ocba <ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of John Rintoul
>> <beecd AT icloud.com>
>> Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 10:47 AM
>> To: Lewis Cauble <lewis.cauble AT ncagr.gov>, Randall Austin
>> <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>
>> Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees
>>
>> Lewis and Randall,
>>
>> I inspected the 2 OCBA demonstration hives at Carrboro High School
>> yesterday. Varroa counts were 0 and 2. These hives were treated twice last
>> fall. First with thymol (Apiguard). But a post treatment varroa test
>> indicated that the varroa count was still too high so I retreated with
>> formic (MAQS).
>>
>> In the hive with 0 varroa I found several small, deformed, ghost bees (see
>> below). Clearly there is something going on. I suspect that these ghost
>> bees didn?t overwinter. Last fall?s varroa treatments knocked down the
>> varroa numbers, but some deforming disease appears to have survived the
>> winter.
>>
>> I would welcome comments from OCBA?s Master Beekeepers and varroa experts
>> on what might be going on and a best guess as to the prognosis for this
>> hive. Brood pattern and quantity was good. Bee coverage was good, so I am
>> cautiously optimistic. But if there is something that I need to do to
>> eliminate being overrun by ghost bees, let me know.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> John Rintoul
>> (919) 414-4071 (M)
>>
>> No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but
>> countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced.
>>
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