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Little help
« on: December 23, 2016, 08:51:49 am »
These are the only 2 frame sides affected,in a colony that was doing well 10 days ago.Today I noticed no activity on the entrance the bees were gone when I looked in,as well as most everything else.There were a few scattered larva on a few frames.
 The pics are the only 2 frames that had this damage.I'm not sure what caused the damage,I'm thinking maybe a mouse,or some other critter.
 Any help welcomed.











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Re: Little help
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2016, 09:25:25 am »
Looks to me as a mouse was only one step in a series of problems. More details would be needed to tell the whole story.

Mites, hunger, robbing, then scavengers.
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Re: Little help
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2016, 02:05:56 pm »
I'm with Iddee on this, it's hard to tell what happened because there is almost nothing to see.
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Re: Little help
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2016, 09:59:44 am »
I wasn't left with much to go by,the only other pics of anything to see is the SBB debris,a few dead bees and comb debris.Other then that just bare drawn comb.




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Re: Little help
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2016, 10:21:41 am »
In that case, I stay with my first diagnosis, in this order.

Mites, hunger, robbing, then scavengers.

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Re: Little help
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2016, 02:10:07 pm »
I wonder what that stringy curly stuff is in the 2nd pic? Mice would leave behind nest materials and the smell of urine.
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