I have this problem at one yard, hives are not building up, went into winter weak and stayed that way in spite of new queens.  Cannot get them to take sugar syrup with Terramycin .. many drown is what I am seeing even with lots of sticks in division board feeders.  Are they just lost?  Just gave them honey frames this weekend since we have lots of pollen around but that doesn't get medicine into them.

I'll take any ideas on this.

Dave

Bob Wrote:
>Testing involves using a in inside hive feeder (which I bring) to see what stage the hive is in. Many commercial beeks open feed or use hive top feeders >which the bees can not enter. Anytime a strong hive ignores syrup you should consider a mid gut issue unless a honey flow is on. A huge amount of dead >bees in an inside feeder is not normal. Dr. Eric Mussen told beeks at the Missouri State Meeting these bees jump in and drown trying to take on syrup as >the mid gut issues are making the bees unable to feed.

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