I had a hive that died from varroa one winter and literally the only bee
left in the hive was the queen.  It was quite weird. Although I  set a
record for finding the queen in a hive!
 
On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, JOHN IANNUZZI wrote:
 
> Hereit is again. Sorry for the first corruption.
> Several weeks agao a friend in central Maryland usa, who
> has been keeping honeybees longer than I, removed two
> shallow supers of honey from a strong doublebrooded
> colony.  two weeks later, that hive, riddled with wax
> moth, had no bees left but two.
>   On a top bar, he found ONE worker bee and the QUEEN,
> still alive.
>   Has anybody out there ever hear of/experienced this B4?
> I haven't in 35 consecutive years of apiculture.  Ciao.
>    John Iannuzzi PhD            * "Singing masons building roofs
>    9772 Old Annapolis Rd        *  of gold."       --Shakespeare
>    Ellicott City MD 21042 usa   *  20 Italian colonies
>    [log in to unmask]   *  3-1/2 decades in beedom
>