> I had a similar observation which may possibly be attributable to a
> different cause.  I had a number of feral brood combs that were
> exposed to cold temps around 50F for several hours.  When I got home
> I placed the combs in an empty box and shook in the bees from my bee
> vac.  I inspected a week and a half later and saw a few young bees
> with deformed wings.

Shaking brood frames of brood at susceptible age will cause wing damage.  I
wonder how much of the wing damage people see is from beekeepers shaking
bees off brood frames?

allen

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