Tracy, could of be CBPV? That would explain the piles of dead bees on the ground in front of entrances. After viewing the Natl Honey Show video 
where CBPV was moderately discussed along with EFB & AFB, the entomologist mentioned a stressor associated with CBPV which was the weather; lots of rain keeping large clusters of bees in the hive where they transmit this virus through the broken hairs on their bodies from rubbing up on each other. That was what we experienced weather wise where I am last Summer/Fall. 


Deb Corcoran, Bee Thankful Raw Honey
Western Catskill Mountains NY

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, 
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.




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