Winter Losses

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What percentage of your colonies have you lost over winter ?


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  • Poll closed .
One dead out .
2 x QL , no brood and approx.1k bees each = 37.5%.

One currently QL but has a QC in place, sealed brood and enough bees to cover .

Getting back to this colony I haven't done much with them except to let them carry on , there was a capped QC and I saw that it had emerged and with some rubbish April in to early May weather decided to leave them alone on the chance the Q may get mated.
Checked them today and for sure the Q has mated there were there frames of e/u no sealed but they do have virus. CBPV is very noticable esp with those on top bars shaking/shivering.

For now they are as they are , I need to go back with an empty BB, a skirt surround and an eke with entranace as currently is on ufe.
 

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