In a message dated 21/01/2008 20:51:19 GMT Standard Time,  
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It is  characterized by, sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees in/in 
front of  
the dead-outs. Honey and bee bread are usually present and there is often  
evidence of 
recent brood rearing. In some cases, the queen and a small  number of 
survivor bees may 
be present in the brood nest. It is also  characterized by delayed robbing 


I saw exactly this several times in the early days of Varroa before I got  
into regular treatments, on one occasion 4 workers and the queen, with no  
robbing even though it was early-mid autumn and there were plenty of wasps  about.
 
Chris



   

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