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Re: Ejected brood - Is it a virus?
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Hi

This time of the year (fall) it is not uncommon for bees to cut back on brood rearing, leading them to dump out healthy larvae. That said, when they die of virus, there may not be overt signs. The larvae can just as easily contract it from nurse bees as from mites.

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