WB, Welcome to beekeeping, you got good sound advice for NJ bees. Varroa is a very real fact. Mites make bees weak and die young. Everything was going cool with the visit, then the retching [sic]...
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WB, Welcome to beekeeping, you got good sound advice for NJ bees. Varroa is a very real fact. Mites make bees weak and die young. Everything was going cool with the visit, then the retching [sic]...
Yep, NY Times Link http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html and the "paper" http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0013181
Hey, my best guess is that you have hive beetles. I have seen it before, they like the patties when the hive is fairly new and has'nt put up much pollen yet. Yep hive beetles.
The original document is avialable at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-5573.htm
This seems kind of important.
[Federal Register: March 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 49)]...