Comments on: Beehive lost to nosema?

By: Alitza Blough

Alitza Blough — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:10:07 +0000

No signs of nosema this Fall, btw.

By: Alitza Blough

Alitza Blough — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:09:28 +0000

I lost two hives already this winter and observed the same crystals and poop in the hive… still no definitive responses to your question, huh? When did you post this and what did you do with the honey? If it helps, these two hives were from swarms I’d had early this Spring. The queens may have been weak this fall though, I’m thinking they were a bit short on brood this fall, though there seemed to be many bees in the hive. Next warm-ish day I’ll open the hive again and look for brood. There were bees all over in the hives too… yes, probably a ball, at least in one hive, but many bees dead bees just “out and about” in the hive… frozen in place. It was 50 out the day I opened the hive, so any living would have been moving. These looked recently dead… for what it’s worth.

By: Eric Gunnar Rochow

Eric Gunnar Rochow — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:06:17 +0000

i never figured out what it was, i’m thinking it some kind of sugar though. thanks for posting the question. eric.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:28:49 +0000

We just lost a hive and observed the same crystal like substance in the cells of our frames. Did you ever find out what that was?