BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
Sender:
[log in to unmask]
Subject:
Re: doomed hive?
From:
allen dick <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 7 Jun 2004 08:30:56 -0600
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
MIME-Version:
1.0
Reply-To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (19 lines) 
> I received a 3-lb package of bees with an Italian queen on May 3.
> Most of the bees were dead but the queen was still alive ...the
> brood that is capped appear to be all drone brood (large rounded
> cappings) ...The number of worker bees is also now very small
> 100 to 200 maybe.

Yes, you are right.  This hive is definitely doomed.  IMO, there is nothing
you, or anyone can do to save it.  The queen is not capable of producing
workers, and the few remaining  bees are old and will soon die.

Sad, but this can happen to anyone.  Hope the replacement works out better.

allen
A Beekeeper's Diary: http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and  other info ---
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ATOM RSS1 RSS2