>Did you see these any of these colonies abscond
The last one

>Were there any emergency cells started by the remaining bees
Yes, in the ones not barren (barren: no brood, lots of honey and pollen)

>I remember the panic during that year.
This was 2 months before that

>After several detailed inspections by some more knowledge'd than I
>in beekeeping, it was determined not to be CCD related.
Details please, I try to keep an open mind

The usual other stressor said to be nosema
But my bees have been tested 4 or 5 times and all tests
have been zero nosema
I suppose VD is a stressor as well as a vector?

Another symptom is very bad smelling feces,
if the guts are damaged then this is not suprising.
Rather like high feed silage (dairy cows) but much worse

dave

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