Mike asks:
 
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.  


Answer:
 
Yes, that has been done.  Some failed, others look like they are  recovering, 
but its too soon to tell what will happen in the long term.   Remember, many 
of these beekeepers had nothing left to shake from their  hives.  We saw 
losses approaching 100%.
 
Jerry

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