Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote: A little history is in order:
Excerpts:
Disappearing Disease
by James E. Tew
Characteristics of Disappearing Disease
Adult bee loss with no accumulation at the hive entrance.
Adult bee loss after a cool damp Spring - though losses have also been
reported in the Summer and Autumn.
Queens are the last hive individuals to be affected.
Pollen and honey stores are strangely normal.
A disproportionate brood/adult bee ratio.
QUERY:
Has anyone taken the stores, frames of pollen and honey and empty brood comb, and tried to start package bees or a shook swarm on those stores? Would the same thing happen to these bees that happened to the originating hive? Just wondering.
Mike in LA
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