Yesterday, I was working in a bee yard of 30 colonies. Two colonies
had something going on that I don't understand. Both had about two
cupsfull of twitching, shaking bees on the bottom board. Their tongues
were sticking out, and many looked already dead. No other colonies had
this going on. There were no dead or dying bees in front of, or inside
of any other colony.
    At first I thought it a pesticide kill. I dumped the bees from the
second hive into a plastic grocery bag, and placed it in the shade
behind a hive. When I  finished the yard, I picked up the bag of dead
bees, and opened it. All the "dead?" bees proceded to climb up the sides
of the bag, and fly away.
    What might be happening here?


Mike