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<blockquote><strong class="quote">Allen Engle wrote:</strong> <P>Keith,</P> <P>This was a hard winter for many folks. There are no perfect answers, however.....</P> <P>My suspicion is that the bees were stressed by mites (what did you use for control?) and weren't able to cluster appropriately during the extended cold and snow. I agree it looks like there is some food still available, so they probably didn't starve (also didn't see lots of bees (in circles) with heads in and butts out).</P> <P>My thoughts are that the maggots are from flies during the warm days feasting on the dead bees. As far as I've heard, there haven't been any reports of SHB on this side of the mountains yet.</P> <P>That's my opinion.</P> <P>Allen Engle </P> <P> </P> </blockquote><br>
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