Well, the bear hit my lone hive on Wednesday night and my friend
put it back together on Thursday morning and said there were hundreds of
bess clinging to the frames.
 
        The bear came back Thursday night in the pouring rain and
finished off the rest. There were about 15 bees left when I got there
Friday afternoon. There were only two frames that didn't have big
holes in the center, those had *HUGE* paw prints in them. The boxes were
dumped over and the frames were scattered around the boxes. Only one
frame got broken, but it can be repaired.
 
        These guys had it rough, they were a nuc last spring and they
swarmed in Spetember and made it through the winter and were building
up into a nice colony. Just three weeks short of being a beekeeper for
a full year, now I'm back to being a beekeeping equipment keeper...8-{
 
        I'm pretty bummed. But as someone at work said, "At least it
was done for a good reason, not some punk neighborhood kids being jerks."
I can understand what he's saying, but it doesn't help much...
 
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