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Of 16 colonies here in central Maine:
11 are beautiful
1 got weakened by a mice but will be OK with excess brood from strong neighbor
1 an apparent recent queen failure with at least 5# of bees, getting new queen
1 late September 1999 split is weak due to a queen with spotty pattern
1 weak, queen with spotty pattern, will be combined with the one above and
given
excess neighbor brood plus new queen
1 effectively dead, handful of bees and queen, was same last year, very
disease
prone, suspect trachael mites.
So in summary, with care, losses of 2 in 16, or 12%.
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