Season’s greetings! Winter has arrived and I’m sure our bees were in tight clusters over the weekend. This is the season we prepared for since August and hopefully our bees will make it through healthy and strong.
That said, my hive #5 was silent this past weekend while all others were buzzing just fine. They did not respond to multiple rappings on the side of the hive which they would have if they were alive. I will check again now that it’s a bit warmer, and if my suspicions are confirmed, I will try to determine what might have caused their demise. They were a very strong colony with plenty of honey and multiple Varroa treatments, the last one being an oxalic acid dribble in early November.
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