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Subject:	Re: Sudden Hive Death - Total Destruction
From:	allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:08:46 -0500
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> ...one of my hives that 1 month ago was incredibly strong was completely 
> dead.  And dead like nothing  I’ve ever seen.  The bees died so fast the 
> corpses completely filled up the bottom of the hive totally blocking the 
> entrance.  We’re talking 5” of dead  bees ½ filling the bottom hive body. 
> (etc.)

Without knowing which hemisphere, the conditions at the time, if an entrance 
reducer was on,  etc. -- sounds like suffocation to me.

 

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