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                Hello ...My name is Randy and I live in S.W. Missouri.  My
problem is I lost two of my hives.  After taking supers of honey a few weeks
ago and replacing empty supers a day later,  the person, whose land they are
sitting on,  told me he saw a large swarm take off.  When I went to check
out the seven hives I have there, the two on the one end were empty.  The
strongest hive box was empty and the one next to it well bees were dead
everywhere.  The ground was covered with allot of bees right in front of the
entrance and allot of dead bees in the box.  Anyone have a answer?  Did one
colony attack the other?  Thanks in advance for any information.  I later
put out  empty supers for them to clean out and also a four gallon feeder
that I made, which they emptied in a few days.  Thanks again