Beekeepers,

It's been a pretty cold winter here in the northeast. Today was the first day in 6 weeks the bees were out- 46F !!  I trugged through the 3 feet of snow to check out the hives.

I found one dead.  The cluster seems to have seperated into 3 groups in the hive. There was still honey in the hive ( mostly on the sides - none on top of the bees.
Some ( about 1/4) had their heads stuck in the cell (sign of stavation). But I found while removing them from the cells, they ALL have watery yellow guts. Is this any indication of a disease I should be looking for??

Worried about the rest of the hives,

Don

Westchester NY

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