Comments on: What happened to the Bees? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/what-happened-to-the-bees/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Alan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/what-happened-to-the-bees/#comment-22546 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:24:09 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12647#comment-22546 In reply to Emily.

It’s a possibility I guess but I did have a good look at the corpses and there weren’t too many of them with Varroa mites on them.

Mind you, as I’m sure you know, it isn’t the varroa mites themselves that kill the bees, but the viruses that they carry.
Al.

]]> By: Emily https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/what-happened-to-the-bees/#comment-22545 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:57:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12647#comment-22545 Really sorry to hear this – so many people seem to be losing their hives this winter. 2012 was a very difficult year. Could varroa be the culprit? The National Bee Unit inspectors always say the mites are the number one cause of colonies dying out.

]]> By: mum https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/what-happened-to-the-bees/#comment-22544 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:42:39 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12647#comment-22544 Oh what a shame,our weather is so unpredictably.Let’s hope the weather is kinder to your next lot

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