I had a hive that died from varroa one winter and literally the only bee left in the hive was the queen. It was quite weird. Although I set a record for finding the queen in a hive! On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, JOHN IANNUZZI wrote: > Hereit is again. Sorry for the first corruption. > Several weeks agao a friend in central Maryland usa, who > has been keeping honeybees longer than I, removed two > shallow supers of honey from a strong doublebrooded > colony. two weeks later, that hive, riddled with wax > moth, had no bees left but two. > On a top bar, he found ONE worker bee and the QUEEN, > still alive. > Has anybody out there ever hear of/experienced this B4? > I haven't in 35 consecutive years of apiculture. Ciao. > John Iannuzzi PhD * "Singing masons building roofs > 9772 Old Annapolis Rd * of gold." --Shakespeare > Ellicott City MD 21042 usa * 20 Italian colonies > [log in to unmask] * 3-1/2 decades in beedom >