>all hives were treated end of Aug-Sep 15. apiguard did mite wash, 2 or less mites in all hives another beek#1 treated Aug with MAQS, then early Oct, ending late Oct with apiguard. he lost no hives while a beek#3 just around the corner who was part of BIP testing treated earlier, had one left out of 40. If I remember correctly Bip said he had one high virus but got the info in Jan.
washing the dead bees showed a mite count so high it wasn't worth counting in mult hives, in mult apiaries, for Beek1, and beek#2, Bvs test also said high mite counts.
I also treated about the same time, OAV x5 a week apart, with similar mite counts
>all dead outs had plenty of fecal deposits in the dead outs. mine and beek#2 also. also contrary to what Cornell and the head bee inspector suggested, all hives that were checked had plenty of pollen available. Cornell suggested poor goldenrod pollen production.
I had few fecal deposits in the dead outs. I also had plenty of pollen available, not sure how nutritious because it was never tested but seemed to be fine.
> >Most had just vanished, with some dead in a heap in the bottom of the
> hive.
I had similar symptoms.
>Did anyone check the frozen bees for prevalence of nosema. Or for the
>Serratia that Burritt reported?
I didn't send bees in.
> >The bees were disappearing and nobody ever figured out why.
Mine pretty much disappeared, there were a few dead ones in the bottoms of the hives.
I would add that previous to the last 2 years, I had 100% survival in this yard. So I went from great survival to total loss with very similar treatment of my hives.
I will be monitoring closer this year and probably treating more often.
>mike Syracuse land of the white stuff still on the ground.
Cam, land of the white stuff too.
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