"I looked for at least two hours to find a good explanation for this. I know
that inbreeding
leads to low brood viability but I have never heard of 100% inviable eggs."
Thanks for the search Peter...I could not find much information on my google
searches either and at this point, any explanation to this puzzle is a good
explanation. First time in 25 years I have seen anything like it and I hope
to not see it again. I was at another two yards yesterday and found 5 more
colonies with the same problem. I just spoke with a fellow beekeeper in my
province and he seems to think that it is chemical related. I am hesitant
to jump on the chemical bandwagon. I understand the concept of brood
viability but these colonies were doing fine with brood rearing and managed
to build up and bring in a honey crop. It is as though an egg viability
switch was turned off and the colonies petered (no pun intended) out.
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