>> Anyway, there was evidence of starvation (butts out) in the presence
>> of food nearby (still liquid and uncapped),

Bill T suggests:

> If they were near pine forests, the uncapped honey could be honeydew honey
> which can be deadly to bees. Another test is to squeeze some dead bees and
> see if you get loads of brown liquid bee poop.

Not near pine forests; I'm pretty sure all that clear liquid was 2:1
sugar syrup fed too late in the Fall.

With respect to your bee squeeze test: how would I interpret the
results, one way or another?


Anne.
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