?> Beekeepers are reporting in Texas that many bees which look fine will fly
out to die WHEN FED. Each time the bees are fed the bees can be found dead
( next 24 hours) on the sand around the hive and out say 20 feet.
I saw something like this myself, although I have grass around the hives and
did not notice the dead bees within twenty feet. The first feeding with
sucrose went well, then I fed sucrose and HFCS half and half (roughly).
After that, I noticed rapid dwindling in some formerly strong hives and many
stopped feeding.
I did some mite checks and found loads around 10% and some higher. At this
point, the brood was reduced and the varroa loads often soar at this point
of time. I had failed to anticipate. My bad.
Anyhow, do you have other details? Did they wash bees for varroa? Did they
see what looked like EFB? What are they feeding?
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