[roadkillbobb]

I put the frames in the freezer, and I did the toothpick test and it was negative (no brown ropy liquid substance, actually the entire body pulled out in tack). I also rubbed some lemon grass on empty frames and put it back into the box. Thanks again!!

do you have any farms close by that grow GMO crops?..this is becoming an issue for bees, im in NY and lots of hives are empty in the spring, the bees go nuts from the GMO and do death flights in the freezing winter..its something with the GMO that makes them do this, A friend of mine loses almost 3/4 of his hives( he has about 20) during the winter, no dead bees in the hives, just empty..I had this experience on long island and im figuring all the pesticides sprayed in a suburban setting caused that...I also had the mites that killed off a hive of bees and ended up with all the dead bees at the bottom of the hive...but the bees just taking off in winter is becoming more prevalent lately...and of course monsanto claims GMO is not the cause..

 

[roadkillbobb]

Not that I'm aware of unless the surrounding sugar cane crops are GMO.

you might want to ask the farmers and if not GMO, what kind of pesticide they use if any to try and figure out what could have caused them to vacate in the winter..

 

[roadkillbobb]

in the mean time, set up a few swarm traps to try and get some free bees instead of buying nucs...when it gets warmer out..

 

[roadkillbobb]

just look at everything now packaged in plastic when it all use to be glass, cardboard or wood...the plastic leaches lots of toxins into the food...I also read an article, ill try and find it, that honey is now testing for roundup in it....
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