Chris Slade wrote:
>
> This seems similar to what happened to some of my hives in the early years  
> of Varroa.

The symptoms sound similar to acute varroa infestation however when I've 
seen this, there were always lots of dead bees and dead mites on the 
bottom board and house cleaning suffered. Nobody has yet mentioned 
seeing lots of dead mites in the hives, something that is hard to miss. 
And where are the dead bees? And the hive beetles? Sounds suspiciously 
like rats leaving a sinking ship.

I guess I wouldn't be jumping to conclusions just yet.

George-

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