Wanting to send bees and frame in for testing

[runner_114]

Does anyone know where to have bees tested for problems. Check bees tonight lost 20 0ut of 25 hives with a lot of dead bees in boxes Im in sw kansas. I was told mayber the un of Neb.

[sqkcrk]

Sounds like a pesticide kill possibly. google Beltsville bee lab. It's a USDA Bee Laboratory in Beltsville,MD. They will tell you what to send and how to send it. Take pictures. Do you have a State Apiarist? If yes, get him/her involved now.

[Keth Comollo]

http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/psi/brl/directs.htm

[westernbeekeeper]

Is it possibly CCD?

[runner_114]

Thanks for the info , Its so hot and dry here Im afraid its poor mang. on my part, Dont think its ccd. Bees are mostly dead on top of frames.

[sqkcrk]

Are entrances close or something?

[runner_114]

No most were packagesinstalled in april on drawn comb. No natural water for miles have to supply water, no farm land just rock bluffs for three miles.