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Date: | Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:49:26 -0400 |
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In the Catch the Buzz that discussed woodenware reuse there was a
reminder that "the primary indicator of CCD is lots of brood but few
bees and no dead bees in the hive. If you have a dead-out with dead bees
but no brood, you can't blame CCD".
Please correct me, but that would appear to rule out most if not all
winter kill since there is not "lots of brood" during most of the winter
months in the North. It would apply to spring through fall, so CCD would
seem to be a disease that only hits an active colony, similar to
Disappearing Disease and Fall Dwindle Disease among others.
For some winter kills you can have some brood, few bees and "no dead
bees" (something hard to find since there always are dead bees on the
bottom board- just a matter of degree) with colonies that survive the
winter with mites, especially TM. The ones that do not survive will have
dead bees and no or little brood.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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