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<blockquote data-quote="vinflobie" data-source="post: 9472" data-attributes="member: 208"><p>My hive has died......I went in on 21 Dec and attach photos. Noted that the strength was weakish, about 40% I thought. There wasn't a lot of brood but there was some and some larvae and some eggs, but not flourishing as it should have been. We are surrounded by flowering pohutukawa trees at that</p><p>time and so optimistically I had put on the second 3/4 super the week before, and opened all entries. At the inspection on 21 Dec I</p><p>decided to remove the second 3/4 and close down the entrance to one only, as the activity was weak. I was hoping it would recover and I wanted to</p><p>give the Queen another chance. The 3/4 honey super on the hive was half full of honey, and all winter there was plenty of stored honey - they did not</p><p>need feeding. In the photos you can see some bees half emerged and dead. Treated for verroa prior to Spring and no evidence of mites....bees looked</p><p>healthy. I think I should have left it to supercedure, but was worried they might swarm. Anyho.....there has been no bee activity for the last week and</p><p>I assumed it had died. Today however, there was lots of bee activity and I instantly thought 'robbing'. So today's inspection showed no Queen, nothing</p><p>in brood box apart from a big of nectar. But there showed no empty cells from robbing.........so maybe the robbing just started today. Or are they</p><p>my bees that are left behind in a Queenless hive? I have removed all honey but kept brood box intact with one entrance open. I will wait and see</p><p>what happens tomorrow.......if the bees disappear then they were robbers. But if they continue to buzz about then ???? No photos today.[ATTACH=full]1192[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1193[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1194[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1195[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinflobie, post: 9472, member: 208"] My hive has died......I went in on 21 Dec and attach photos. Noted that the strength was weakish, about 40% I thought. There wasn't a lot of brood but there was some and some larvae and some eggs, but not flourishing as it should have been. We are surrounded by flowering pohutukawa trees at that time and so optimistically I had put on the second 3/4 super the week before, and opened all entries. At the inspection on 21 Dec I decided to remove the second 3/4 and close down the entrance to one only, as the activity was weak. I was hoping it would recover and I wanted to give the Queen another chance. The 3/4 honey super on the hive was half full of honey, and all winter there was plenty of stored honey - they did not need feeding. In the photos you can see some bees half emerged and dead. Treated for verroa prior to Spring and no evidence of mites....bees looked healthy. I think I should have left it to supercedure, but was worried they might swarm. Anyho.....there has been no bee activity for the last week and I assumed it had died. Today however, there was lots of bee activity and I instantly thought 'robbing'. So today's inspection showed no Queen, nothing in brood box apart from a big of nectar. But there showed no empty cells from robbing.........so maybe the robbing just started today. Or are they my bees that are left behind in a Queenless hive? I have removed all honey but kept brood box intact with one entrance open. I will wait and see what happens tomorrow.......if the bees disappear then they were robbers. But if they continue to buzz about then ???? No photos today.[ATTACH type="full"]1192[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1193[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1194[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1195[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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