> > Any of you want to fathom a guess?
I have seen this in some of my colonies in 2008, and to a greater degree in 2007. IMO, your symptoms point to nutritional deficit.
The cause is difficult to determine, but I will say that nutritional deficit OR nectar dearth, need not be related to the amount of bloom OR weather conditions.
Not to bore all here, I can send reasons why I think this is so, off list, if you wish.
Best Wishes,
Joe
“There are, on average, two particularly good years in every ten, and one
particularly disastrous to the bees -as was the year 1860.
(Bee Culture 1861)
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