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Re: Dead Colony
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Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:37:09 -0400
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Ron ponders:
> One other thing is I can not ever remember
> finding a dead colony with a large amount
> of dead bees on the inner cover nor ever
> remember losing a colony this time of year.

My swag is your bees got to robbing and the other colonies beat this hive to
death.

I had something similar happen to a pollen harvesting hive (ditto I had
never seen anything like it before) about a week after I removed the pollen
trap.  I'm guessing robbing (dead bees much as Ron described) but truth be
told I'm really not sure.  I will be interested in reading others'
responses.

Aaron Morris - Taking Scientific Wild Assed Guesses!

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