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Re:20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office du... by frockington1 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:30AM (#26002083)
Finding a hive that can survive the winter can be a multi-year event (at least for me it was). The hive which ended up surviving came from a captured swarm
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Re:20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office du... by lostlogin on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:16PM (#26004488)
What was the cause of the deaths?

Here is usually varroa - I’m just contemplating getting my autumn treatments in, as the little horrors are actually visible on frames now. I hate them so much.

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Re:20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office du... by frockington1 on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:15AM (#26013727)
They didn't save enough honey for the winter. One year they barely survived and a week later the queen was found decapitated in the then-abandoned hive. Bees are hardcore
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