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Dave I get the feeling that you believe that your evidence of CCD are these bees with cabin fever
who are making cleansing flights and freezing up on the ground?
how many years of experience do you have in over wintering your hives ?
speaking from over a decade of wintering bees in central MN and sharing info with other
stationary beeks up here I would say that anyone who keeps honeybees in the north with 3-5
months of winter has seen this behaviour time and time again. IMO this is normal behavior during
winter.
From the FAQ's on CCD on the MAAREC website question number 1
"What is CCD?
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the name that has been given to the
latest, and what seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies across the
country. It is characterized by, sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees in/in front of
the dead-outs. Honey and bee bread are usually present and there is often evidence of
recent brood rearing. In some cases, the queen and a small number of survivor bees may
be present in the brood nest. It is also characterized by delayed robbing and slower than
normal invasion by common pests such as wax moth and small hive beetles. "
dead bees from cleansing flights in mid winter has nothing to do with the CCD symptoms
described above.
i wrapped 280 hives before winter and every single yard has dead bees on the ground right now
as they do every winter that we have "normal" subfreezing temps for months. as i mentioned last
week I'd be very concerned if my yards were free of dead bees on the ground.
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