Sounds like Deformed Wing Virus, spread by varroa. Treatment is urgent when
this appears.
Peter Edwards
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From: "Milt Lathan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 12 August 2002 19:30
Subject: [BEE-L] Deformed bee and no pollen
> Visited my two hives in the hills east of Seattle yesterday and found two
> curious things.
>
> 1) Deformed bees:
> a) looked like a field worker (smooth body) with stubby wings
> b) a young bee, bent at the midsection, wings only on her right side -
>