Wax on bottom board with no honey indicates other bees have robbed out
after bees were gone. Mites are still a possibility for why the bees
themselves left or dwindled to the point of being robbed out. I had one
observation hive that just suddenly walked out the entrance in early spring
and died but they left some brood. Evidence would indicate their
departure proceeded brood laying start.
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+ Beekeeper 10 years with 25 colonies on Long Island, NY+
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