Azelkhunter
New Bee
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2013
- Messages
- 7
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- Location
- USA Phoenix, Arizona
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 26 hives + 6 new splits
I'm on vacation in San Diego and though back in Phoenix Arizona the past few day the temperature was 121F (49.4C) the hives were under a shade tree.
This morning, I received a call that said my two alfalfa hives were dead. Two is all I had on alfalfa. Dead bees piled up outside the hive i was told and Honey now dripping everywhere. Each hive had three supers and water was plentiful. No pesticide was sprayed on the fields however there is housing development that borders the alfalfa field. If kids wanted to spray something to kill bees I could outside bees dying, not two entire hives. I checked on the hives 5 days ago and they were fine.
So what can kill all bees so fast? Is there a disease that can devastate in a matter of days?
Being out of town currently I am at a loss but figured this site would surely have answers.
This morning, I received a call that said my two alfalfa hives were dead. Two is all I had on alfalfa. Dead bees piled up outside the hive i was told and Honey now dripping everywhere. Each hive had three supers and water was plentiful. No pesticide was sprayed on the fields however there is housing development that borders the alfalfa field. If kids wanted to spray something to kill bees I could outside bees dying, not two entire hives. I checked on the hives 5 days ago and they were fine.
So what can kill all bees so fast? Is there a disease that can devastate in a matter of days?
Being out of town currently I am at a loss but figured this site would surely have answers.