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Either T-mite or V-mite or both.
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, RICHARD BARNES wrote:
> Fellow B-liners
>
> My neighbor just went to check his one hive and found an interesting site.
> All the bees were dead except 3 or 4. The dead bees were in the SE corner
> of the hive on 2 frames clustered in a small group. The hive faces north
> with a stockade fence about 3 feet infront of the entrance. We counted 500
> bees in this cluster. The bees were still on the frames at the top corner.
> A white mold was growing on the bees but not in the cells. No brood was
> found. The hive still had 3 frames of honey/pollen stores. Where the bees
> were also had stores left.
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> He is located in south central Oklahoma, USA.
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> Anyone know what could have killed this hive?
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> Richard Barnes
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**John Iannuzzi, Ph.D.
**38 years in apiculture
**12 hives of Italian honeybees
**At Historic Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, U.S.A. (10 miles west of
Baltimore, Maryland) [9772 Old Annapolis Rd - 410 730 5279]
**"Forsooth there is some good in things evil
For bees extract sweetness from the weed" -- Bard of Avon
**Website: http://www.xmetric.com/honey
**Email: [log in to unmask] [1jan981031est]
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