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Isn't picture #3 honey and uncapped honey?going on our weather up here, food
There are NONE alive every bee in the picture is dead!!The bees that are alive look greasy. I think I read somewhere that is a symptom of a disease. I don't recall what it was though.
I have also seen that look in a hive when the entrance was blocked.
I'm just guessing.
Alex
I thought some of the bees on the frame were alive. That's a horse of a different color then. I have seen bees die in that fashion from being blocked in. The bees weaken from the heat and the honey/nectar thins and runs down the side of the frames and gets on the bees, some weaken and die stuck to the frame, some fall to the floor only to be coated with dripping honey. They spread a thin coat of honey all over themselves and the interior of the hive crawling around searching for a way out of their home which has turned into an oven and eventually into a pine box coffin. Poison would be more merciful. Let's hope that's what happened.There are NONE alive every bee in the picture is dead!!
No, I did nothing! But open them up.Just a curiosity, but that honey looks a little funny. It isn’t stored in a contiguous fashion, as bees would typically do it. It is all over the place. None capped.
Don’t get offended, but by chance did you pour any sugar syrup onto those combs in an effort to save the bees?
All hives had top and bottom entrances. Both were clear there were not even many dead bees on the bottom board.They look cooked. Starved bees die in a pile but look dry. Cooked bees look greasy and wet. Could the entrances have been blocked by something? Otherwise, its one of the few times I would say acute poisoning (I say one of few, because many times poison is blamed when it is something else entirely). Reminds me of a hive that had Gas poured on it.
I just sent a sample to Beltsville. for all 15 hives to have blocked entrances would be unbelievable. All had both top and bottom entrances and were clear. I burned all 15 hives just in case. It is a shame though.I thought some of the bees on the frame were alive. That's a horse of a different color then. I have seen bees die in that fashion from being blocked in. The bees weaken from the heat and the honey/nectar thins and runs down the side of the frames and gets on the bees, some weaken and die stuck to the frame, some fall to the floor only to be coated with dripping honey. They spread a thin coat of honey all over themselves and the interior of the hive crawling around searching for a way out of their home which has turned into an oven and eventually into a pine box coffin. Poison would be more merciful. Let's hope that's what happened.
Alex