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richhitch
03-01-2009, 04:15 PM
These are all dead. please help.http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/richhitch1957/DSC01882.jpg
Oldbee
03-01-2009, 06:15 PM
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Pete0
03-02-2009, 01:06 PM
See you are in Idaho and will assume this is a recent picture of a colony that was opened because there was no activity. What I would call a dead-out. Bees starved and died in a cluster. Sometimes it is the beeks fault because not enough stores were left for the colony. Other times it is the weathers fault tricking the bees into expanding the brood nest before spring has actually arrived. Come spring, clean up the gear and start again.
Good luck,
Pete0
Bena, VA
NewBee2007
03-02-2009, 08:27 PM
Just curious...is any one seeing any mites in this picture... or are those red dots something else?
no1cowboy
03-02-2009, 08:31 PM
Red dots? I do not see mites maybe its just me?
NewBee2007
03-02-2009, 08:37 PM
I see red dots on the comb...and at least a couple red spots in with the bees... I wasn't sure if possibly they might be mites... but I wasn't sure ... hence why I was asking...