texasbees

Why are you on Reddit? GET BACK TO WORK!

Daily. She likes it.

Occasionally, they do.

It is a real problem and I have seen it up close and personal. Whole yards have been wiped out for no apparent reason. Brood, Honey, Pollen all abandoned overnight by the bees. It's really hard to stomach when you have a colony healthy one week and gone the next. I have a few theories about why and I have read many others, but I think it may be a combination of many. Pesticides, viruses, hive beetles, you name it. It 's requiring a lot more attention and foresight by the beekeeper, along with trying to figure out new methods that will help the bees cope with the barrage of pest, diseases, viruses, etc.

My wife just ordered it for me. :)