Well, I have been down with a ruptured tendon and unable to get to the south forty,
feet that is, where my two hives are, for 3 weeks.
Finally gimped my way back today and found lots of dead bees.
On the screen bottom covering about a third.
Saw a spot that looked like something wet stained the wood between the screens on the bottom.
Possibly a few larger pieces of comb on the inside of the screens.
Around the front of the hive only saw two bees alive.
Didn?t open anything up because it was in the low forty?s.
I?m a new beekeeper and just about a month ago they looked
happy, healthy, no beetles, no mites, one moth,
and busy collecting goldenrod with frames full of winter reserves and lots of bees.
Today I saw one die as it left the hive and fell to the ground.
There were 3 dead hornets too, but hundreds of dead bees. [attachment=1(whole bodies )
What could have caused this?
Is there anything I can do if they have been poisoned?
I hate that I'm thinking someone did this on purpose.