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Hi, So, my bees have absconded. It is my fault. Please no hate. I didn't know.... My hive was inspected and found to have way too many mites. I then treated them the same day with powdered sugar (Top bar hive BTW). the next morning there was larvae at the bottom from them going into house...

I captured a swarm of bees and put them into an old hive with new frames. I noticed a third of the workers were licking the tops of the new frames, and scratched with their legs while licking. A few days later they swarmed and left the hive empty. They abandoned brood and a small amount of...