Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote: A little history is in order:

Excerpts:

Disappearing Disease
by James E. Tew

Characteristics of Disappearing Disease

Adult bee loss with no accumulation at the hive entrance.
Adult bee loss after a cool damp Spring - though losses have also been
reported in the Summer and Autumn.
Queens are the last hive individuals to be affected.
Pollen and honey stores are strangely normal.
A disproportionate brood/adult bee ratio.


QUERY:

Has anyone taken the stores, frames of pollen and honey and empty brood comb, and tried to start package bees or a shook swarm on those stores?  Would the same thing happen to these bees that happened to the originating hive?  Just wondering.  

Mike in LA 

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