>Right, Pete. And I am questioning how "absconding" is differentiated from "my hive died". Here in the Northeast, hives die when mites overwhelm them. But hives do not ABSCOND as a consequence of too many mites, at least not in my experience.
Have to agree with Christina. I've never had a hive abscond but I've had several collapse in the fall before I learned about how bad mites can be. Keeping bees now is certainly different than in the '70's and I relied on VSH queens to much.
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