JohnD
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« on: October 18, 2009, 07:11:52 PM » |
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« Last Edit: October 18, 2009, 07:27:14 PM by buzzbee »
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 07:23:46 PM » |
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John,
I didn't see your pictures, but only three critters come to mind that would wreck a hive in Ohio. They are; people, racoons, and black bears.
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buzzbee
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 07:28:19 PM » |
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John,
looks like a classic case of waxmoths.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 07:31:29 PM » |
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The hive died of unknown reasons. And nobody will know from your pictures. There is way more to the story that only you know at this time.
The wax was destroyed by wax moths.
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 07:33:21 PM » |
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Yep, wax moths. Your hive got weak for some reason and the wax moths entered and layed some eggs. Did the bees leave?
You might want to do a search, there is plenty to read from previous posts.
Good luck, Steve
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resembalance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
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kathyp
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2009, 07:35:11 PM » |
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also google wax moth images. looks like your bees tried to take care of it....
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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JohnD
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 07:45:50 PM » |
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Thanks buzzbee for posting the pics! I guess I messed up on the last pic as it should show what the hive looked like when it was healthy - plenty of comb, honey, and bees.
I guess I have some reading up to do on wax moths.
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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 07:46:49 PM » |
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The hive died of unknown reasons. And nobody will know from your pictures. There is way more to the story that only you know at this time.
The wax was destroyed by wax moths.
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kathyp
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 08:32:34 PM » |
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they may have swarmed, gone queenless, absconded.... it may or may not have been something you would have recognized with experience. may or may not have been something that you might have caught with regular inspections.
wax moth takes advantage of a weakened hive. they are generally not the cause of that weakness. i believe that was the somewhat cryptic point the BjornBee might have been trying to make?
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 11:57:47 AM » |
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When you said decimated the hive, I thought you meant literally and physically destroyed it! Again, I didn't see the pictures when I first replied!
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 01:22:12 PM » |
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When you said decimated the hive, I thought you meant literally and physically destroyed it! Again, I didn't see the pictures when I first replied!
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Cindi
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2009, 10:25:27 AM » |
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JohnD, oh what a bummer. I hope that you keep on keepin' on. These things happen and it truly is sad. These are lessons we learn in life, I am the master of bad lesson learning, I could write a book on the lessons that I have learned and are still learning  Have that wonderful, most beautiful day, health. Cindi |
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There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service
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