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Thanks to everyone who answered my cry for help last weekend! My Buckfast
colony seems back to normal. I still have not figured out what did kill
the two handfuls of bees.
From the advice I received, I narrowed the cause down to two
possibilities: poisoning or natural dying. The first case is almost
impossible to prove in my area. The second cause never occurred to me (as
a newbie). After working hard foraging for the last few weeks, the bees
just died naturally and, by coincidence, at the same time. I always
figured the bees died a few at a time when they 'wore out'. Guess I'll
never really know true cause. Sure scared me though!
Ever since the scare, both colonies have been foraging like crazy. I have
no idea where they are going, but their going somewhere. :)
I put one super with foundation on each to see if they were producing any
more surplus. Was this a mistake? I don't plan on taking any Fall honey.
I was going to let the bees keep it all for themselves. I also want to
treat the colonies for mites at the right time, which I gather is late
summer.
So should keep the supers on until the bees stop foraging as heavily as
they are? Or should I remove the supers now and deal with any mite
problems?
Thanks for the advice.
Bob
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