>Jane Power <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: What to do once varroa has struck?
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>Hi Ed, if this is the only sign you are experiencing then this is just
>winter die.  The bees are considerate enough to die outside the hive on
>many occasions--now that sounds stupid, they do only die once!:)
 
Maybe you are right.  But the mass of bees inside the hive is smaller
than the mass of dead bees outside, and I have yet to see a bee fly.
 
Ed